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June 29th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg 1 Comment »

OptumHealthEducation.com Leverages EthosCE LMS for CME Management

We are pleased to announce the launch of OptumHealthEducation.com, a full featured CME Website built upon our EthosCE Learning Management System.  The Website offers a wealth of CME accredited activities to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other allied healthcare professionals.  Currently, there are CME activities available across seven different specialty areas including: cardiology, infectious disease, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, pain management, and psychiatry.

OptumHealth Education selected EthosCE LMS to support their CME enterprise based upon the system’s robust features, customizable interface, browser-based administration, the open source licensing model, and our firm’s expertise in medical education technologies.  Using an agile development process, our Web designers and engineers worked closely with OptumHealth to create an engaging, easy-to-use learning environment that:

  • Delivers CME content based upon personal profiles and preferences.
  • Provides easy access to a wealth of live and online CME activities.
  • Creates a complete “My CME” transcript of all enrolled and completed activities.
  • Streamlines registration, assessment, and certificate processing.
  • Connects HCPs in 1,200 OptumHealth Learning Networks via integrated Google Maps.
  • Offers thematic communities of practice and discussion forums.
  • And, much more…

From an administration perspective, OptumHealth is able to:

  • Manage EthosCE LMS through any Web browser.
  • Avoid any annual licensing fees or restrictions on number of users.
  • Setup learning groups and individual user permissions.
  • Add new courses, assessments, and certificates “on the fly”.
  • Create and run reports.
  • Integrate with 3rd parties with ACCME standards-compliant Web services.
  • Moderate discussion forums and news feeds.
  • Streamline internal workflows.
  • Migrate or retire legacy databases within the EthosCE framework.
  • And, much more…

We are very pleased about the outcome of our partnership with OptumHealth and we look forward to seeing the continued evolution of the Website.

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May 25th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »

EthosCE: Mobile Text Messaging App for Tracking Live Meeting Attendance to be Presented at the Alliance for CME

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.

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April 9th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »

EthosCE Learning Management System Version 2.0 Released

We are pleased to announce the release of Version 2.0 of our EthosCE Learning Management System for continuing medical education and training.  The new version provides a wealth of new features and enhancements that promise to further streamline and enhance the CME enterprise including:

  • Mobile SMS text-messaging framework for conference registration and attendance management
  • Manual attendance management for non-mobile phone users
  • Addition of numerous fields added to course page to comply with ACCME PARS Report
  • Export of ACCME PARS Report in XML format
  • Full integration of robust e-commerce suite
  • Import function for external CME credits
  • Module to manage attendance at Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) and Grand Rounds
  • Variable credit claiming for physicians
  • Transmission of learner data to external course, accreditation, or licensing providers
  • Additional tokens for improved certificate creation/management
  • Restrict individual course by password
  • Significant user interface improvements throughout application including profile, learning groups, courses
  • Enhanced course creation process
  • Added notes field for admin users on course page

We are very excited about this recent release and the team is already moving forward on future release candidates.  Contact us today if you would like to learn more and view a demonstration of EthosCE LMS v2.0!

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April 8th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill BHRP selects EthosCE as Continuing Education LMS

We are pleased to announce that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program has selected our EthosCE Learning Management System to support their continuing medical education activities for healthcare professionals across North Carolina.  Under the agreement, our firm will retire BHRP’s current LMS, migrate legacy data on participants and educational outcomes measures, and implement an EthosCE Web application that is engaging and intuitive.  Using EthosCE, BHRP will be able to centralized program registration, offer live and online courses, conduct assessments, and generate CE certificates and report.  Health care professionals will be able to engage through high-quality accredited content, Web 2.0 offerings and community forums.  Our robust e-commerce engine will manage all course purchases for individuals, groups, and institutions.

By selecting EthosCE, BHRP will be able to reduce administration costs, have a highly professional, robust Website and learning management platform, and not have to pay heavy licensing fees normally associated with proprietary systems.  We are very excited about working with our new partners and helping to advance the quality of mental health care in North Carolina!

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March 30th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg 1 Comment »

Government Agency selects EthosCE LMS for Continuing Education Management

Chester County (Pennsylvania) Department of Emergency Management Services has selected our EthosCE Learning Management System to support and coordinate the continuing education programs for thousands of EMS and affiliated healthcare professionals.  Under the agreement, we will consolidate the data systems currently distributed across seven divisions within one software platform including:

  • Emergency Management
  • 911 Operations
  • Fire Services
  • Field Services
  • Technology
  • Special Projects
  • Administration

By moving to our enterprise-level EthosCE content learning management system, the county will be able to reduce costs associated with manual data entry, scheduling, and technical support for their training events.  Similarly, all learners’ course registration data, assessments, CE transcripts, and reports will be centralized within one Website.  DLC Solutions will handle all aspects of Website design, software engineering, and data migration.

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