Continuing Education Programs

For both the Spring and the Fall 2009 IDN Summits, Healthcare Business Media has named Inquisit as the CE accrediting organization. Visit their website at www.inquisit.org.

Inquisit®, is an accredited continuing education (CE) provider for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM),  Category II (non-ACHE) - American College of Healthcare Executives, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

CE evaluation forms will be available online. Participants will need to complete a CE form on-site at the session and the CE evaluation form will be sent via email to participants. Participants can simply go to the link and complete the process.

For more information about this program please contact Lisa Ponssa at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 866-530-4441 ext. 2. 

 

Fall 2009 IDN Summit Available Credit Hours

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Materials Management Professionals
Maximum contact hours for materials management professionals is 6.0.

Participants who successfully complete this conference will receive 6.0 hours of continuing education.  They may be applied toward ISM C.P.M. recertification and/or A.P.P. reaccreditation program requirements. ISM’s consent to provide a program number for this educational event is not an endorsement of this program or its content by ISM.  Program number CEH-01-2009.

Materials Manager CE Tip:

ISM CE (provided through Inquisit) is applicable toward not only ISM’s Certified Professionals in Supply Management® (CPSM®) Program and  ISM’s Certified Purchasing Manager Program (C.P.M.)  but for other association certifications such as AHRMM/AHA’s Certified Materials Resource  Professional C.M.R.P. renewal.



Healthcare Executives:
Maximum contact hours for healthcare executives is 6.0.

Inquisit® is authorized to award 6.0 hours of pre-approved category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement or re-certification in the American College of Healthcare Executives.   Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should indicate their attendance when submitting application to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

Healthcare Executives CE via The American College of Healthcare Executives Tip:

Category I (ACHE education) credits are those conducted and offered directly by ACHE.

Category II programming is defined as all other face-to-face continuing education programs conducted or sponsored by any organization qualified to provide educational programming in management. Approval for these programs is based on appropriateness of program content, program provider, and program length in contact hours.  Inquisit, the CE co-sponsor of this conference is such an organization.

Only activities conducted by ACHE award Category 1 hours.

This conference awards Category II (ACHE II) hours.

The recertification process, which requires 24 CEs during the previous three years, at least 12 of which must be Category I (ACHE education) credits, and demonstration of involvement in healthcare and community/civic affairs.  

Therefore, 12 hours of Category II is acceptable for recertification in the 3 year period. The 2009 Fall IDN Summit offers you 6.0 hours
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Healthcare Information Management:
Maximum contact hours for healthcare information management professionals is 3.0.

This program is pending approval by HIMSS for up to 3.0 contact hours of continuing education credit towards renewal of the CPHIMS credential

Continuing Education for Nurses and Nursing Professionals:

Maximum contact hours for nurses is 4.0.

Inquisit is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Inquisit is approved by the Iowa Board of Nursing as a provider of continuing education credits. Provider number 333.

Inquisit is approved by the Florida Department of Health Board of Nursing as a provider of continuing education credits. Provider number 50-6692.

Inquisit is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP 13129.

Pharmacy Professionals:
 
Inquisit® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

These programs will provide 1.0 ACPE Contact Hour each under program number:

232-999-09-048-L04-P. Prescription Drug Abuse & Drug Seekers
 
232-999-09-039-L04-P. Implementing a System-wide 340B Program
 
232-999-09-040-L04-P. Hazardous Drug Compounding: Practical Compliance Strategies- A USP 797 Approach

232-999-09-041-L04-P. Antibiotic Stewardship - How to Improve Utilization and Save Costs

Acountancy:

Earn Up To 6 CPE Credits

 Inquisit is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417 or by visiting the web site: www.nasba.org


 
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