Update (September 29, 2015): Please note that the symposium below, which took place in March, is NOT being repeated on Wednesday, September 30. Rather, tomorrow is the last day that one may view the webinar and still receive CE credit. After that date, the recording of the webinar will be available, but one will not earn credit for watching it.
If you have any questions, please contact Holly Ann Burt at hburt@uic.edu.
Registration is open through Wednesday, September 30, for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region symposium “Re-forming Health Care: Changes that Impact Patients, Health Systems, and Librarians”. The webinar, which will take place on September 30 and is worth 4 CE hours, will seek to spark a discussion on the ways in which recent and ongoing reforms will affect how health care is delivered. It is intended for not just librarians, but also anyone who may have an interest in health care reform, including medical and health-sciences students and health care administrators.
The webinar will include the following presentations:
- “Transitions in Health Care Delivery: Patient Communication in the New Era”-Eric Swirsky, University of Illinois at Chicago
- “The Affordable Care Act and the Need for Information”-Brenda Delgado, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- “Improving the Quality, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness of Patient Care through Evidence-Based Practice at the Organizational Level”-Craig Umscheid, Center for Evidence Based Practice
For more information, and to register, go to http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/class_details.html?class_id=901.