Continuing Education – Patient Rights

This educational activity is jointly provided by AXIS Medical Education and Texas Hospital Association.

The Texas Hospital Association is applying for approval from the following accrediting organizations for the Patient Rights Webinar Series.

Accredited Continuing Education

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AXIS Medical Education and Texas Hospital Association. AXIS Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation for Nursing
AXIS Medical Education designates this continuing nursing education activity for 2.0 contact hours each.
Learners are advised that accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.

Credit Designation for Physicians
AXIS Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ each. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American College of Healthcare Executives
By attending the Patient Rights Webinar Series offered by Texas Hospital Association participants may earn up to 2.0 ACHE Qualified Education Hours each toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.

AXIS Contact Information 
For information about the accreditation of this program please contact AXIS at [email protected].

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
AXIS Medical Education requires faculty, instructors, authors, planners, directors, managers, peer reviewers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all personal financial relationships they may have in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An ineligible entity is any organization whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships are identified and mitigated prior to initiation of the planning phase for an activity. 

AXIS has mitigated and disclosed to learners all relevant financial relationships disclosed by staff, planners, faculty/authors, peer reviewers, or others in control of content for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation or activity. Disclosure information for faculty, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, and/or relevant staff is provided with this activity.

The faculty, Nancy Ruzicka, RPh, MBA, MJ, reported no relevant financial relationships or relationships they have with ineligible companies of any amount during the past 24 months.

The directors, planners, managers, and reviewers reported the following financial relationships they have with any ineligible company of any amount during the past 24 months:

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Requirements for credit:

• Attend/participate in the educational activity and review all course materials.
• Complete the CE Declaration form online by 11:59 pm ET on the dates listed below. Instructions will be provided at the conclusion of each Webinar. If you do not enter the online portal by the above date, you will not be able to retrieve your statement of participation. 
• Upon successful completion of the online form, your statement of completion will be presented to you to print.
• Please note that THA uses a third party CE provider that has a strict deadline and in order to claim CNE credit, you must claim your CE hours within 30 days of the live webinar (see dates listed below).