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PRESS RELEASE |
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Contact: David Rosenthal |
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Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. |
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516-478-4100 phone |
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dmr@hccsonline.com |
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TUFTS HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE AND HCCS ENTER
PARTNERSHIP FOR ONLINE
MEDICAL RESIDENT
EDUCATION |
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Educate medical
residents in the ACGME general competencies |
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Focus on systems
based practice and practice-based learning & improvement |
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Integrates into
existing curriculum |
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Available 24 hours per
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JERICHO, NY –
APRIL 15, 2004 -- Tufts Health Care Institute (THCI) and Health Care Compliance
Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive
distribution partnership for the THCI Online Learning Campus, which helps
residency training programs prepare physicians to excel in the U.S. health care
system. |
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Under the agreement, HCCS
will distribute the THCI Online Learning Campus nationwide to teaching hospitals
for the education of medical residents in the new ACGME mandated general
competencies of systems-based practice and practice-based learning and
improvement. |
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The THCI Online
Learning Campus—an integrated teaching and learning system that has been piloted
at a number of institutions—provides a system of online learning modules,
applied learning exercises and a communication tool that enables faculty to
teach more and residents to learn more without increasing workloads. The modules
address the competencies of systems-based practice and practice-based learning
and improvement through such topic areas as quality improvement, evidence-based
medicine, and clinical guidelines. |
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To continue to receive
accreditation, residency training programs must demonstrate that residents have
acquired these mandated competencies, and program directors must show they are
meeting the new teaching mandates. |
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“We look forward to
teaming up with HCCS to take the Online Learning Campus to teaching
hospitals throughout the United States,” said THCI
Executive Director Rosalie Phillips. “Faculty and program directors who
already use the system say that it is the right teaching tool at the right
time, because it helps them meet the ACGME mandates in a highly efficient
manner.” |
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The THCI
Online Learning Campus accomplishes these goals by providing an online
system available to residents and faculty 24 hours a day. The online
modules are linked to exercises that require residents to actively apply new
knowledge to their area of specialization within clinical settings. Other
features facilitate faculty/resident communication and resident
self-assessments. |
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THCI will provide
guidance to medical educators across all specialties to integrate the Online
Learning Campus within the existing curriculum for each organization that
purchases the system. Continuing Education credits are available. |
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Affiliated with Tufts
University School of Medicine and Tufts Health Plan, THCI has a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education to evaluate the use of its Web-based resources to
train physicians throughout the country in these competency areas. |
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For more information
about the THCI Online Learning Campus, please contact HCCS at
www.hccs.com. |
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About Tufts Health Care
Institute (THCI)
Tufts
Health Care Institute (THCI) - Located in Boston, Massachusetts, Tufts
Health Care Institute is a not-for-profit educational organization
established as a collaborative venture of Tufts University School of
Medicine (TUSM) and Tufts Health Plan (THP). The Institute develops and
coordinates a variety of educational programs on care management topics for
practicing and prospective health care professionals to help these
individuals to practice effectively and comfortably in a high quality,
cost-effective health care system |
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For more
information:
www.thci.org |
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About Health Care
Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS)
Health Care
Compliance Strategies explains compliance rules by providing unique
multimedia compliance training programs for employees at all levels. hccs
courseware is a cost-effective way to meet compliance and accreditation
rules and standards and to reduce the costs of employee education.
Stressing quality, ethics, performance and behavior, hccs courseware can
help an organization meet accreditation guidelines, prepare for audits,
mitigate excessive fines and reduce exposure to unwanted litigation. |
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For more information:
www.hccs.com |
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
OR TO REQUEST A DEMONSTRATION:
David M. Rosenthal
Health Care Compliance
Strategies, Inc.
30 Jericho Executive
Plaza Ste 400C
Jericho NY
USA 11753-1098
877-933-4227 phone
516-478-4100 phone
516-478-6773 fax
dmr@hccsonline.com
http://www.hccs.com |
