EMTALA - Continuing Education Online

Welcome to ACUTE CARE, INC.'s online Continuing Medical Education (CME) series on EMTALA: Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.

Understanding and abiding by the Act is essential for proper and legal conduct in emergency medicine. Stephen A. Frew remarks: " My approach to EMTALA compliance is conservative and "risk adverse". I believe that hospitals have no choice but to be compliant, to build systems that support compliance and quality, and to educate their staffs to support that approach." ACUTE CARE, INC. is the the first private institution to become approved as an accredited provider of Continuing Medical Education in the state of Iowa.

New! (4/7/01) The program is now also available as Continuing Education Hours (CEH's) for EMS personnel, thanks to approval by Mobile Intensive Care Services at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa.

This program is provided FREE as a service to the medical community with the generous and unrestricted support of ACUTE CARE, INC. . You can find out more about ACUTE CARE, INC. by visiting the home page of this web site at http://www.acutecare.com

The CME activity is structured as follows:

1.	Please read the CME Information and Educational Objectives for the presentation, EMTALA, An Overview
2.	Fill out the Registration and Pretest form and submit that information to our Education Department.
3.	You'll be directed to the pretest answers and on to appropriate PowerPoint presentation on this site. You are at liberty to supplement the presentation by using the ACUTE CARE resource links, articles, the statute and regulations, visiting Mr. Frew's web site, medlaw.com, or e-mail us with questions.
4.	When you are satisfied that you understand the concepts as represented in the objectives, simply follow the link to the Post-Test and submit the form to the Education Department.
5.	You'll be contacted with your score, the right answers (if they differ from your submission), and an e-mail CME certificate. If you'd care to, you may elect to receive a paper copy of this certificate by mail or have the certificate posted as a web page so that you can print the document from your computer.

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EMTALA, An Overview
Paul B. Hudson

Continuing Medical Education Information

EducationalObjectives	Statement of Need
Disclosure Statement	Intended Audience and Prerequisites
Sponsorship	Faculty Credentials
CME / CEH Credit	Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

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Questions?

Educational Objectives:

The participant will be able to…

	State two rights due a patient presenting to a hospital emergency department for treatment of an emergency medical condition.
	Define “appropriate transfer”.
	Define “medical screening examination”.
	Explain two consequences of violation of EMTALA.

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Disclosure Statement:

As a CME sponsor accredited by the Iowa Medical Society, it is the policy of ACUTE CARE, INC. to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship a faculty member or a sponsor has with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed in an educational offering. The author, Paul Hudson, reported no significant financial interest with a manufacturer.

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Sponsorship:

This activity is sponsored by ACUTE CARE, INC. This activity has been planned in accordance with Iowa Medical Society's Essentials and Standards for Enduring Materials through the sponsorship of ACUTE CARE, INC. of Ankeny, Iowa. ACUTE CARE, INC. is accredited by the Iowa Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

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CME and CEH Credit:

ACUTE CARE, INC. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 hour in category 1 towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity. The overall time for studying and completing this activity is estimated to be one hour.

The recommendations and opinions expressed by the faculty and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own. This enduring material is produced for educational purposes only. Use of the ACUTE CARE, INC. name implies support for creation, maintenance, and review of educational format design and materials only.

Date of Original Release for CME Credit:	March 2001
Date of Most Recent Review:	March 2001
Date of Next Scheduled Review:	March 2004 (Earlier as scientific developments warrant).

Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa has approved this program for one CEH (continuing education for prehospital personnel).

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Statement of Need:

In an effort to assist emergency care practitioners in coping with the increasing medico legal complexity of the practice of medicine, ACUTE CARE, INC. , in collaboration with The Frew Consulting Group, has undertaken a review and discussion of current legal issues of interest to its associates.

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Intended Audience and Prerequisites:

Physicians and Mid-level Providers (PA’s, ANP’s) are the intended audience. The course material includes information of interest and import to nursing staff, hospital administration personnel and prehospital providers.

There are no prerequisites for the course.

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Faculty Credentials:

Paul B. Hudson: Link to Mr. Hudson's Resume

With a history of personal and professional interest in EMTALA, Mr. Hudson has researched the topic and presented many programs concerning this federal mandate.

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Acknowledgement of Commercial Support:

This educational activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from ACUTE CARE, INC. and The Frew Consulting Group

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