CDC HIV Testing Recommendations:
Legal and Ethical Issues
Speaker/Faculty
Denise McWilliams, Esq
AIDS Action Boston
We are a network of HIV specialists and primary care clinicians who provide collegial support and expertise to one another, enhancing and advancing care for persons with HIV disease in their communities.
Participants are invited to bring cases from their own practices for discussion
At the completion of this program participants should be able to:
- Identify the potential problem areas to charting of HIV assessment and care
- List state and federal laws relevant to medical records regarding HIV infection
- Apply a decision framework for appropriate HIV charting.
Sponsorship & Funding
Jointly sponsored by: University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
UMMS Planning Committee: Brian Mady, MD, Donna Gallagher, RN, MS, ANP, FAAN
Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School and New England AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Nurses: Under the auspices of the New England AIDS Education & Training Center, this offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure: It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.
Funding: The New England AIDS Education and Training Center is one of fifteen education centers funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and sponsored regionally by Commonwealth Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center , Worcester, MA, through a grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration, Federal Grant No.5 H4AHA00050-08-00.
Phone:
(617) 262-5657