Clinical and Patient Educators

“Management worked with an outside accountant to prepare the form 990. Management reviewed the draft form 990 with the outside accountant. A finalized draft of the full form 990 is provided to the whole board prior to its filing with the irs.”

“The organization follows the conflict of interest policy of a related organization, uma education, inc. The organization maintains a conflict of interest policy to protect the integrity of the organization, including as it relates to any transaction that might benefit the private interest of an officer or trustee of the organization. All trustees and officers are covered under the policy. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, the interested person must disclose all material facts to the board of trustees. After disclosure of such facts, the interested party may not participate in the determination of a conflict of interest. The board will decide if a conflict exists. If a conflict is determined to exist, the interested person must recuse themself from participation in the deliberations on the related party transaction. The board will evaluate whether the transaction is fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the organization and whether an alternative to the transaction is reasonably achievable. Following such evaluation, the board shall decide whether to approve the transaction. Trustees and officers are required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire annually.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, form 990, and financial statements available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Developing quality, innovative education for healthcare practitioners and the patient communities they serve.”

“Develop quality, innovative education for healthcare practitioners and the patient communities they serve. The organization identified a need for designing education aimed at addressing practice gaps among primary and specialty care practitioners and healthcare information knowledge gaps within their respective patient populations. The organization's education programs are designed to improve practitioner diagnosis and treatment competence, as well as help patients enjoy healthier and happier lives after being diagnosed with a disease or other health-related issue. The organization is accredited by the accreditation council for continuing medical education to certify continuing medical education (cme) programs for physicians.”

“Optimizing early detection of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (nash) was an online patient-centered initiative hosted on cmezone for one calendar year. The goals of this activity were to help learners: (1) describe key risks for the development of nash, (2) select appropriate noninvasive diagnostic tests to stratify risk in patients with nash, (3) identify current guidance-recommended strategies for screening, evaluation, and referral of patients with nash, (4) discuss health disparities that continue to affect underserved populations living with nash, and (5) review individualized care plans involving education, support, and empowerment for patients with nash. The organization provided 0.5 american medical assocation physician's recognition award (ama pra) category 1 credits for the activity.”

“The innovate thyroid eye disease (ted) 2024 multidisciplinary symposium was a live, in-person conference, hosted in napa valley, ca. The goals of this activity were to help learners: (1) discuss the latest advances in the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of ted, (2) identify the mechanism of ted to potential therapeutic targets, (3) describe molecular targets, efficacy, and safety of new and emerging ted therapies, (4) review strategies to personalize treatment of patients with ted based on patient characteristics and risk of adverse events, and (5) detail the benefits of interdisciplinary care for ted, including co-management strategies for endocrinologists and opthalmologists. The organization provided 9.5 ama pra category 1 credits for the activity.”

“The cole eye institute imaging summit was a live, in-person conference, hosted in stockholm, sweden. The goals of this activity were to help learners: (1) review how imaging is used to identify early retinal disease, (2) discuss role of ai-based imaging in early retinal disease detection, (3) identify imaging modalities to monitor treatment effectiveness and/or follow disease progresssion, (4) describe how to optimize the use of imaging and ai in clinical practice, and (5) explain how imaging combined with genetic sequencing can differentially diagnose inherited retinal disorders. The organization provided 2.75 ama pra category 1 credits for the activity.”