Series description

Practicing evidence-based medicine (EBM) is important in today’s health care environment because this model of care offers clinicians a way to enrich quality, enhance the patient experience, reduce wasted and harmful care and improve outcomes. A common implementation of EBM involves the use of clinical practice algorithms during medical decision making to encourage optimal care. This widely recognized practice is designed to address the persistent problem of clinical practice variation with the help of actionable information at the point of care. The goal of this series is to rapidly transition high-quality clinical research into daily practice and thereby reduce the delivery of low-value care, while enhancing the clinician experience. Current literature will be reviewed to enable health care professionals to put new EBM into practice.

Continuing education

Each activity is worth 0.50 to 0.75 CEUs. This series is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, PAs, nurses, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals who have an interest in EBM. 

On-demand education

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Optimal Care: Introduction to Optimal Care
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Cardiology
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Endocrinology
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Gastroenterology
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Neurology
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Orthopedic
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Pharmacoeconomics
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Pulmonary
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Optimal Care: Urology
Activity Expiration Date: July 16, 2026

Provided by
This series is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Health, Clinical Performance.

Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this series.

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