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This is the second of a two-part series of courses that discusses a wide range of issues related to workplace safety. In this second part, we’ll address procedures to report and investigate accidents and other emergencies; basic safety rules and standards your company should consider adopting; how to handle hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, safe electrical procedures, and process safety management.

This course introduces positive airway pressure (PAP) devices, and discusses proper billing procedures for reimbursement from Medicare and other third party payers who follow the same criteria.

This course provides strategies to help you create efficiencies within your company, efficiencies that will prepare you for increased financial limitations.

This course examines the symptoms, stages, causes, and treatments of lymphedema and medical procedures used to diagnose it.

Electronic technology in the form of email and the Internet has transformed the workplace in more ways than anyone could have imagined 20 years ago. These technological advances, while beneficial, pose special problems for employers.

This course discusses sexual harassment: how to identify it, its legal aspects, how to prevent it from happening in your organization, and how to conduct an equitable investigation.

This course discusses sexual harassment: how to identify it, its legal aspects, how to prevent it from happening in your organization, and how to conduct an equitable investigation. 

This course will review the basic strategies in the management of pressure ulcers. You should complete Parts 1 and 2 of this series before starting this course.

An emergency action plan (EAP) is a written document required by particular OSHA standards. The purpose of an EAP is to facilitate and organize employer and employee actions during workplace emergencies. If you are required to have an EAP, this course will guide you through the development of an EAP.

This course is designed to provide you with awareness of basic first aid principles and the importance of first aid training courses. This information is only a guide. It is not a substitute for training or professional medical assistance.

This course provides an overview of the causes and risk factors, signs and symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly population.

This course provides you with information you can use when dealing with dying patients and their caregivers and family members.

This course provides an overview of ethnogeriatrics which is the influence of ethnicity and culture on the health and well-being of older adults.

This course reviews the relationship between aging and stroke.

Managing diabetes in the elderly presents many challenges. This course provides an overview of those challenges and how they can be met.

This course is a brief study of general toxicological principles to the extent that you may understand and guard against the toxic effects of the materials found in the workplace or job site.

This course explains the structural and procedural changes that have been made to the process that Medicare beneficiaries can use to appeal claim denial and the steps that need to be followed in the appeals process.

This course provides an overview of how aging affects memory.

This course outlines why you should understand your customer and your own strengths and weaknesses in order to form effective sales and marketing strategies.

This course will assist you in developing a framework to structure an interview in a lawful manner.

This course will help you more effectively manage your business and understand the various management styles.

People who are consumers of health care have rights, including the right to receive quality care. Along with those rights come certain responsibilities. This course explains what those rights and responsibilities are as defined in 1997 by the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

This course reviews the effects, causes and treatment options of sleep disorders among the elderly population.

This course introduces the various types of orders required by Medicare: Preliminary/Dispensing Order, Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD), Standard Written Order (SWO), Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN), and DME MAC Information Form (DIF). You will learn when to use which type of order, how to correctly complete orders, and who is authorized to order durable medical equipment.

This course focuses on the appropriate use of two of the most powerful communication tools at our disposal today: email and voicemail.