Needs Statement

This learning activity will review the macroeconomics of Texas State Finance and how that impacts Children’s Hospitals in Texas as well as local concerns. We will also review the financial and intellectual freedom, social responsibility of equitable care, and social justice of reversing historical economic discrimination. 

The first learning activity will review the macroeconomics of Texas State Finance and how that impacts Children’s Hospitals in Texas and the role of the physician in providing equitable healthcare to all patients by describing how supplemental Medicaid payments can enhance equitability.

Target Audience 

This activity is for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty, Fellows, and Advanced Practice Providers.

Educational Methods

Lecture and Small Group Breakout Sessions

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

Healthcare Finance from Three Perspectives

• Discuss the broad perspective of healthcare finance.
• Apply healthcare finance principles to pediatric emergency medicine.
• Translate how finance impacts pediatric emergency medicine.
• Recognize the social responsibility of physicians in providing equitable healthcare to all patients and describe how supplemental Medicaid payments can enhance equitability.

MTP and Me: Roles and Responsibilities when Initiating Massive Blood Transfusions

• Recognize their role during the initiation and management of Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP).
• Analyze and interpret clinical findings and lab results during resuscitation of a patient receiving MTP.
• Identify how to adequately manage patient care during MTP resuscitation.
• Evaluate effectiveness of MTP after implementation.
• Decide when discontinuation of MTP is appropriate.

Evaluation

Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Physician

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Ethics

The presentation, Healthcare Finance from Three Perspectives, has been designated by Baylor College of Medicine for 1.00 credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 2.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Activity Director

Manish Shah, M.D.
Professor
Texas Children's Hospital 

Esther Sampayo, M.D.
Associate Professor
Texas Children's Hospital