Posted on January 21st, 2022 by Bill Sivarais
Welcome to The ASAM Criteria interactive hybrid asynchronous Online Course designed to help beginner, intermediate, and advanced counselors, social workers, administrators, and other clinical staff develop patient-centered service plans and make objective decisions about patient admission, continuing care, and transfer/discharge…
Posted on January 21st, 2022 by Bill Sivarais
The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course provides eight hours of required education to qualify for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in an office-based setting and covers essential information for providers to identify, assess, diagnose, and manage patients with…
Posted on January 21st, 2022 by Bill Sivarais
The ASAM Motivational Interviewing Workshop is an engaging and interactive practice-based workshop designed to introduce and expand participants’ knowledge and competence utilizing Motivational Interviewing (MI) in addiction treatment settings. MI is a goal-oriented, collaborative counseling style that evokes a person’s…
Posted on January 21st, 2022 by Bill Sivarais
Applying Choosing Wisely® Recommendations is an online education series consisting of three courses that include virtual patients and complementary resources. The goal of the course series is to support physicians in their application of specific Choosing Wisely® recommendations. The recommendations…
Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
The act of sorting patients according to the urgency of their need for care, known as triage, is not limited to the ED. There are no formal EFM triage recommendations or clinical guidelines from ACOG, SMFM, or AWHONN regarding this…
Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
The act of sorting patients according to the urgency of their need for care, known as triage, is not limited to the ED. There are no formal EFM triage recommendations or clinical guidelines from ACOG, SMFM, or AWHONN regarding this…
Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
The second stage of labor creates the greatest physiologic challenge to both mother and fetus. Oxygen delivery is reduced while oxygen consumption increases during this phase of labor. Certain interventions may help or hinder oxygenation. Using closed-glottis (Valsalva technique), coach-assisted…
Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
The second stage of labor creates the greatest physiologic challenge to both mother and fetus. Oxygen delivery is reduced while oxygen consumption increases during this phase of labor. Certain interventions may help or hinder oxygenation. Using closed-glottis (Valsalva technique), coach-assisted…
Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
In 2021, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), the AXDEV Group, and the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) conducted a survey of over 300 PIDD patients. The purpose of this survey was to identify, from a patient perspective, the…
Posted on August 10th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
The United States has a high and still rising rate of maternal deaths, and black and indigenous women are dying from complications of childbirth at higher rates than white women. Although the problem of maternal mortality is complex, studies have…