QICME - Triaging Joint Pain

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Faculty Speakers:
Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Director, Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Professor, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Dr. Saag has been a consultant/speaker and received honoraria from Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Savient and TAP.

Leonard Fromer, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Family Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Fromer has no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities to disclose.

Additional Faculty
(Content Development)
Joseph D. Croft, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine (Rheumatology)
Georgetown University Medical School
Washington, DC

Dr. Croft has no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities to disclose.

Sean A. Whelton, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Georgetown University MedStar Hospital
Washington, DC

Dr. Whelton has no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities to disclose.

Mike Speight, BS
Senior Director of Operations
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC)
West Des Moines, IA

Mr. Speight has no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities to disclose.

Nurse Planner
Nancy Holdsworth, RN, BSN, MSN, APN, FNPC
Family Nurse Practitioner
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Evanston, Illinois

Peer·Point Editorial Staff
Gary C. Bird, PhD
Science/Medical Editor

Gary C. Bird, PhD, of the Peer·Point Medical Education Institute, LLC, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities to disclose.

Program Information
A chief complaint of joint pain accounts for a large percentage of visits each year. The reasons behind the pain are numerous and often hidden. Time and other resources spent recognizing and diagnosing the etiologies add to the burden already faced by the primary care community.

Successful recognition and diagnosis of the underlying cause of joint pain is initially associated with better patient outcomes, and ultimately in savings of both clinic time and resources.

Join us for a unique Quality Improvement initiative where you will be guided along a process designed to increase the efficiency of the practice flow when faced with these patients.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this educational activity, physicians and nurses who care for patients with joint pain will be able to:

Conduct a self assessment to contrast their own clinical management of joint pain with best practice guidelines
Identify perceived or real barriers to improving the management of joint pain patients in their clinical setting
Enumerate strategies to improve coordination between interdisciplinary members of the care team within their clinic
Understand criteria and timeline for enrolling in the site-based QI initiative to improve the care of joint pain patients.

Intended audience
This CME/CNE activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses who diagnose and/or treat patients with joint pain.

Accreditation
The Peer•Point Medical Education Institute, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation
The Peer•Point Medical Education Institute, LLC, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Accreditation
The Peer•Point Medical Education Institute, LLC, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program is accredited for 1.0 contact hours and contains 0.1 hours of pharmacology (Rx) content.