Activities | OptumHealth Education

Title	Category	Credit	Event date	Cost
From the Frontlines of the War on COVID-19	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 1.00 AMA - Physicians 1.00 ANCC - Nurses 1.00 APA - Psychologists 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity focuses on the challenges faced by health care professionals (HCPs) in New York during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It details ethical dilemmas caused by workforce and resource allocation issues, as well as palliative care practices used to support patients and their loved ones.
COVID-19 Vaccines	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 1.00 AMA - Physicians 1.00 ANCC - Nurses 1.00 APA - Psychologists 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity focuses on the current state of COVID-19 vaccine development. It discusses which vaccine types are being developed and where they are in the clinical trial process. Additionally, this activity identifies what it means for a health system to participate in a vaccine study and how health care professionals can make informed decisions about vaccines with limited available data.
COVID-19: Neutralizing Antibodies	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 1.00 AMA - Physicians 1.00 ANCC - Nurses 1.00 APA - Psychologists 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity focuses on monoclonal antibodies and how they are used in therapeutics, including clinical trials for COVID-19. It discusses the risks associated with using monoclonal antibodies in infectious disease treatment and provides detailed information regarding antibody therapies currently under investigation.
Developing an Optimal COVID-19 Test Program: Strategies and Considerations for Success	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 1.00 AMA - Physicians 1.00 ANCC - Nurses 1.00 APA - Psychologists 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will identify pathways to creating effective, practical and sustainable testing strategies for COVID-19 that can accelerate a return to normalcy and allow schools and other facilities to remain open. It will relay to participants how determining the goal of testing is the key factor to establishing an optimal testing strategy through consideration of multiple factors, including test type, sensitivity and turnaround time as well as program implementation and costs. Current testing programs will be discussed, examining how the selection of these elements can be adapted to satisfy the needs of the target community as well as the testing program’s goals. The roles that communication and partnership can play in establishing effective strategies, enhancing safety, enabling improved implementation and shaping public policy will also be examined.
Mental Health and Substance-Use Disorders: Impact of COVID-19	Behavioral health Covid-19 Infectious diseases	1.00 AMA - Physicians 1.00 ANCC - Nurses 1.00 APA - Psychologists 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance 1.00 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide education surrounding current trends in mental health issues and increases in SUD, OUD, and SI that have been associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. It will discuss possible etiologies for these changes and will highlight areas of focus for health care providers (HCPs) that can induce potential changes in approaches to patient care that can effectively promote improved evaluation, treatment, recovery, and health moving forward.
The Effects of COVID-19 on Cancer Care	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases Oncology	0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 0.75 AMA - Physicians 0.75 ANCC - Nurses 0.75 APA - Psychologists 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers 0.75 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will highlight how COVID-19 has impacted cancer care delivery and strategies to best manage patients during the pandemic.
Monkeypox Explained: Symptoms, Transmissibility and Prevention	Infectious diseases	0.50 ACPE - Pharmacists 0.50 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 0.50 AMA - Physicians 0.50 ANCC - Nurses 0.50 APA - Psychologists 0.50 Attendance - General Attendance 0.50 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide participants with the latest science on monkeypox, describing the spectrum of associated symptoms and signs, virulence, and common routes of transmission. Discussion will also focus on the factors driving this outbreak, approaches to prevention and management, and an overview of the impact of this disease globally and in comparison with the current COVID-19 public health emergency.
Monkeypox Explained: Causes, Incidence, Pain/Symptom Management, At Risk Populations and Outcomes	Infectious diseases	0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 0.75 AMA - Physicians 0.75 ANCC - Nurses 0.75 APA - Psychologists 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance 0.75 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide participants with the latest information on the status of the MP outbreak, including its origin, at-risk populations, efficacy of available vaccines, pain and symptom management, risks of delayed diagnosis and mortality. Emerging research on MP prevention and treatment interventions will also be discussed.
Long COVID Syndrome	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 0.75 AMA - Physicians 0.75 ANCC - Nurses 0.75 APA - Psychologists 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers 0.75 CDR - Dietitians 0.75 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This session discusses what we know about long COVID, including long-term effects, wide range of symptoms, the role of vaccinations, and individuals at increased risk for long-term health problems.
Everything Keeps Changing! What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Pandemic Surveillance	Covid-19 Disease management Infectious diseases	0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians 0.75 AMA - Physicians 0.75 ANCC - Nurses 0.75 APA - Psychologists 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance 0.75 CCMC - General - Case Managers 0.75 CDR - Dietitians 0.75 ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity discusses the key takeaways from pandemic successes and setbacks, including the utilization of predictive analysis of potential infectious disease outbreaks, emergency preparedness, preventive health care programs and our expanded knowledge about vaccine development.

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