Please look at some of the new EthosCE training videos we have created on topics such as course creation, homepage management, credit and certificate generation, reports, and much more. Exciting announcement coming soon on the many new features of EthosCE version 3.3!
Our firm continues to successfully leverage Drupal CMS to develop engaging, full-featured Websites for our healthcare clients, including: medical associations, pharmaceutical companies, and consumer health organizations. Drupal CMS is the industry-leading, open-source content management system, which offers a wealth of content management, Web 2.0, and social media features. And, because Drupal is free, our clients save money without sacrificing quality, scalability, and security.
Below are nine recent Websites we have produced using Drupal.
The following CME Websites have been developed using our EthosCE Learning Management System, which combines Drupal and Moodle to streamline the administration and delivery of continuing medical education.
OptumHealth Education (United Healthcare) – OptumHealthEducation.com provides live and enduring continuing medical education programming to thousands of physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals affiliated with United Healthcare and other health systems.
Performance Improvement CME: Adults with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – This CME-accredited Performance Improvement (PI) program is designed to help primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) improve their skills in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of adults with ADHD. Using our Drupal-based EthosCE Learning Management System, learners are directed to conduct a review of their practice via chart audit, implement performance improvement measures, and then re-assess their practice behaviors. Throughout the program, the learner is provided comparison data with peers and consensus guidelines.
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Online University – Developed for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), this Website delivers CME activities to physicians and healthcare professionals concerned with the management of pulmonary hypertension. Programs include virtual patient case studies, Webcasts, and peer-reviewed journal articles.
New Jersey Association of Family Physicians – NJAFP is a leading medical specialty association focused upon CME education and legislative advocacy for family physicians in New Jersey and across the United States. CME-accredited programs include: performance improvement programs, Webcasts, and virtual case studies. In addition, the Website incorporates a advocacy blog and other social media tools.
Our team has been working extensively with Moodle Learning Management System for a number of years to support our medical association, university, and hospital clients’ continuing medical education (CME) and training programs. Moodle is widely considered the industry-leading open source learning management system and is extraordinarily powerful. This free software enables organizations to easily create, manage, and deliver live and Web-based training, assessments, and reporting through a Web browser. In addition to those common LMS features, you can leverage a wealth of new modules and features contributed by thousands of developers in the Moodle Community.
In 2007, we decided to further extend the features of Moodle by integrating it with Drupal Content Management System. The result: an enterprise-level content-learning management system called EthosCE. EthosCE is a powerful, highly customizable Web platform designed to streamline the administration and delivery of CME and training programs for healthcare professionals. Now, organizations such as American Society of Anesthesiologists, United Healthcare, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, can easily manage their education programs within one Web-based application. And, as an open source application, there are no annual licensing fees or restrictions on the number of courses, learners, and administrators.
The below presentation provides a nice overview of the evolution of Moodle and its wealth of features. The advent of open source applications, such as EthosCE, Moodle, and Drupal, truly represent a giant leap forward for e-learning technologies designed for the healthcare community.
I am pleased to announce that we have been invited with our colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education to present our experience using our EthosCE SMS Text Module for tracking attendance at Regularly Scheduled Series (Grand Rounds, Live Meetings) at the 36th Annual Alliance for CME Meeting to be held on January 26th-29th, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. I will be presenting with Mila Kostic, Zal Agus, MD, and Rod Campbell where we will describe our findings using our mobile SMS text messaging module to streamline attendance tracking for live meetings versus other methods. We are presently implementing our open-source EthosCE Learning Management System for the School’s CME initiatives. Given EthosCE’s roots in Drupal CMS and Moodle LMS open-source software communities, we have also contributed back a Mobivity gateway for the Drupal SMS Framework Module.
We hope you will join us for our presentation and demonstration of this real world application of mobile technology for the CME enterprise. Below is the abstract that was accepted.
TITLE: An Evaluation of SMS Text Messaging Technology for Managing Attendance for Academic Regularly Scheduled Series
THEME RELATED AREA: Electronic-based information systems, and/or e-learning
Competency: 5.2 Identify and collaborate with external partners that enhance effective CME activites
PRINCIPAL PRESENTER: Jeremy C. Lundberg, MSSW, DLC Solutions, LLC
CO-PRESENTER: Mila Kostic, BA, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
CO-PRESENTER: Zalman Agus, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
CO-PRESENTER: Rodman Campbell, BA, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
OBJECTIVES: [1] Describe the rationale for comparing SMS text messaging vs. other methods of keeping attendance at RSSs. [2] Demonstrate the SMS text messaging technology platform, algorithms, and underlying learning management platform. [3] Discuss the finding from the feasibility study, including participants’ response, considerations for effective implementation, and outcomes data.
METHODS: Presentation, demonstration, and case study discussion will illustrate the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education experience implementing an SMS text-messaging platform for tracking RSS participant attendance.
KEY POINTS: In an era of shrinking budgets and resources, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to minimize costs associated with administering continuing medical education. The ubiquitous nature of mobile devices and SMS text messaging capabilities provides CME providers with a novel method to tracking attendance at live CME events. The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education implemented a pilot program comparing mobile SMS text messaging with other methods of attendance tracking for RSS portion of this large academic CME program. Join us as we discuss our technological approach, practical considerations for the CME enterprise, and our findings.
At DLC Solutions, we are passionate about the production of full-featured Websites, social media, and e-learning software platforms for the health care community and other vertical markets. Our professional team partners with professional associations, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, medical education companies, and not-for-profit organizations to produce solutions that will address your business needs and exceed your expectations.
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