Health and Medicine

HR audits are designed to help your organization focus its attention on its human resource management practices, policies, procedures, processes, and outcomes by providing you with a structured and systematic series of questions about key compliance, risk management, internal auditing, and human resource management issues. As a process, HR audits are designed to help your organization identify potential and actual problem areas, help assess the effectiveness of current HR management activities, help assess weaknesses in HR internal control processes, and help assess human capital strategic and compliance related risks. HR audits should additionally provide suggestions for corrective action. Importantly, HR…

Global Medical Device Regulations continue to evolve, as devices become more diverse and sophisticated. Understanding the regulations and requirements in your targeted markets will expedite speed-to-market of innovative products and assist patients needing access to life-saving products and technologies. Government Regulatory Authorities, needing to become more efficient with their time, are looking for ways to better use their internal resources without compromising safety in products, which become marketable. One such example is the Medical Device Single Audit Program [MDSAP], where Authorized Organizations would be allowed to carry out a single GMP audit on medical device manufacturing facilities and have it…

Drug dissolution testing is an essential and critical step for appropriate and efficient product development such as tablet and capsule. A number of approaches are used to conduct dissolution testing using different apparatuses and methods. Making a choice for an appropriate apparatus and method has always been confusing and challenging. This seminar will provide relevant pharmacokinetics and physiological background so that making this choice becomes easier and instinctive. No prior knowledge of pharmacokinetic and/or physiology is required; however, these will be explained in very simple terms to help attendees in selecting or developing a dissolution method. This seminar will describe…

This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance officers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2018 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days. I will speak on specific experiences from over 17 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how…

Classification systems differ from that of the United States or European Union in select countries Medical devices are classified depending on their risk level Medical devices must also comply with additional country standards and these standards define industry-wide safety and performance requirements Regulatory registration process is defined for China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia The regulatory process from product design to market entry for a new medical device or IVD is oftentimes complicated and unclear. In Asia Pacific, it can become difficult to make a clear distinction between your regulatory strategy and business strategy. And…

Training Options Duration: 60 Minutes Tuesday, February 6, 2018 | 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST Overview: 2018 will see significant changes in each section of the CPT and HCPCS manuals. There have been over 350 code changes with the update. This hour-long presentation will navigate you through the changes per each chapter of the CPT and HCPCS manuals. This webinar will also provide the tools necessary to remain compliant and continue the revenue cycle process day one of go-live. Why should you Attend: Coders today use HCPCS codes to represent medical procedures to Medicare, Medicaid and several other…

This course teaches participants the fundamental concepts and methods needed to establish effective control charts and estimate process capability. In addition to learning traditional control charts (e.g. xbar, r/s), participants will be exposed to other useful charts for handling multiple sources of variation (within/between) and short production runs. Practical aspects of implementing SPC on the shop floor are also discussed. Estimating process capability for both normal and non-normal data is discussed. The meaning and limitations of popular capability are presented in detail. This highly interactive course will allow participants the opportunity to practice applying SPC techniques with various data sets.…

Der Allgemeinmedizin Refresher findet vom 24. - 27. Januar 2018 in Frankfurt statt. Mit über 5.000 teilnehmenden Ärzten zählen unsere Fortbildungen im Bereich Allgemeinmedizin und Innere Medizin zu den beliebtesten Kursen im deutschsprachigen Raum. In kurzen, 30 – 40 minütigen Blöcken werden die neuesten diagnostischen und therapeutischen Leitlinien der Allgemeinmedizin von Spezialisten präsentiert und auf Ihre Fragen eingegangen. Dabei wird vor allem auf Praxisrelevanz und Didaktik großen Wert gelegt. Unsere Referenten sind Experten in ihren Fachbereichen mit langjähriger Erfahrung in ihrem Betätigungsfeld. Sie kommen aus renommierte Einrichtungen wie zum Beispiel aus dem Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, dem Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt oder…

Description: This course will empower women and men in medicine with the skills and resources to remove barriers and bias of women in leadership positions specific to the challenges in healthcare. Leaders in business and healthcare will present evidence-based strategies to promote professional development and enhance personal well-being. Nationally, there is large number of female clinicians reporting burnout which has a potential effect on patient experience, compliance, and outcomes. This course will address the growing need for improved clinician wellness and development for a gender balanced leadership healthcare team. Audience: This course is intended for professional women and men in…