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
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
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 June 8th, 2021 by Bill Sivarais
One of the most common acute surgical conditions in children is appendicitis. Less than 50% of children with appendicitis will present with classic symptoms. However, the perforation rate increases to more than 65% when the diagnosis of appendicitis is delayed…
Posted on September 9th, 2020 by Bill Sivarais
Prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for infants and children have risen steeply and disproportionately to the incidence of severe cases, such as GERD with erosive esophagitis, for which they are intended. Pediatricians and other pediatric healthcare professionals should be…