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September 23rd, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

EthosCE Learning Management System: Moodle Presentation

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.

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July 29th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off
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Can Open Source Make Facebook the Next AOL?; Social Media Up 230%

  • Could open source tools make Facebook the next AOL? – Last week, Facebook announced that it had amassed 500 million users, a formable portion of the global Internet audience. But even as Mark Zuckerberg and company celebrates, others are busy trying to uproot Facebook’s popularity by establishing a set of open standards to share Facebook-like features across the Internet…
  • Social Media Up 230% Since 2007 – INFORMATION WEEK – June 28 – Two-thirds of Americans now use Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other social media sites, up about 230% from the 20% penetration in 2007, and 43% are visiting these sites more than once a day. Multiple visits are up 28% compared with last year, the Simmons New Media study determined. “The rise of social networking tracks closely with that of Facebook. As of April 26, 2010, 46% of the U.S. online adult population reported having visited Facebook in the past 30 days”…

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June 29th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off
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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 Comments Off
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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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November 23rd, 2009 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

Whitehouse.gov uses Drupal CMS; MedBiq Virtual Patient Released; and Social Media and Client Touchpoints

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