Healthcare Course Library for Continuing Education

Reducing Occupational Exposure to Anesthetic Gas

This course explains the possible health impacts of waste anesthetic gases (WAGs) to healthcare workers in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Occupational health risks include dizziness, nausea, fatigue, cancer, miscarriage, and birth defects. This course explains how to identify potential sources of occupational exposure to anesthetic gases and ways to reduce exposure. Course expiration date: 2/27/2026

Hand Washing and Infection Control

Hand hygiene and infection control measures are vital to maintaining health by reducing rates of disease transmission. Following infection control measures is not specific to a person, place, or setting. It is vital that everybody do their part to maintain cleanliness and reduce the spread of disease.
This course aligns with the training requirements specified in the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory HealthCare (AAAHC) Accreditation and QUAD A (previously AAAASF) standards. Course expiration date: 1/5/2026

Emergency Preparedness and Code of Conduct for Home Health Agencies and Hospices

This course will provide detailed information on emergency preparedness plan requirements for home health agencies and hospices, including communication plans and written policies and procedures. It will also discuss the code of conduct that staff at these organizations must abide by, such as ensuring patients’ rights are respected, staff are treated fairly, and financial responsibilities are upheld. Course expiration date: 9/9/2025

Quality of Care in Indian Health Service

This three-part video series highlights OIGs examination of challenges IHS faces in providing quality health care and also covers OIG studies that determined the rate of adverse events in IHS hospitals and assessed hospitals adherence to national clinical guidelines and best practices for labor and delivery care. An IHS speaker also details the IHS Strategic Plan and quality of care initiatives. This series is intended for all audiences, including compliance officers of health care organizations such as IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Program facilities and health care providers.

This course is one of nine of the Compliance modules published by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services by their Office of Inspector General website. Additional compliance courses are listed below:
Compliance 101
Compliance 201 for Health Care Providers
Compliance for Governing Boards
Fraud, Waste and Abuse for Health Care Providers
Using Internal Controls
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Combating the Opiod Epidemic in Indian Country
Protecting Patients in AI/AN Communities
Quality of Care in IHS

Protecting Patients in AI/AN Communities

This three-part video series details OIGs work that examined IHS patient protection policies and implementation of those policies, OIGs investigations, and how to report abuse should you suspect it. An IHS speaker covers IHSs commitment to, and policies for, protecting patients. This series is intended for all audiences, including those who work in settings that provide direct health care services to patients.

This course is one of nine of the Compliance modules published by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services by their Office of Inspector General website. Additional compliance courses are listed below:
Compliance 101
Compliance 201 for Health Care Providers
Compliance for Governing Boards
Fraud, Waste and Abuse for Health Care Providers
Using Internal Controls
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Combating the Opiod Epidemic in Indian Country
Protecting Patients in AI/AN Communities
Quality of Care in IHS

Implicit Bias Training – State Requirements – Maryland

This course provides an overview of topics required by the State of Maryland for staff training. The course is not yet approved by the state. The topics covered in this training provide the learner with an overview of implicit bias and the historical basis and present consequences. This course will help the learner develop self-awareness for unconscious bias, and discuss bias and disparities associated in health care. This course will assist the learner to develop strategies to remedy the negative impact of implicit bias by recognizing and understanding how it can have an impact on perception, judgment, and actions which may result in inequitable decision making, failure to communicate effectively, and poor patient outcomes. This course can be taken in partial fulfillment of the Implicit Bias Training Requirement for the State of Michigan. This requirement takes effect in June 2022.

The Value of Modernizing Compliance Tools

New technology innovations spur constant improvements on the clinical side of healthcare. The administrative side, however, has fallen behind on adopting new technology, leaving many organizations with outdated and inefficient compliance processes.
A small investment of time and money for a cloud-based compliance solution can pay back tenfold or more. Officers quickly become more efficient, employees make fewer mistakes, and everyone can carve out extra time for patient-centered work.

OIG HEAT Provider Compliance Training: Exclusions, Anti Kickback & False Claims

This course provides information on the Office of Inspector General Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (OIG HEAT) training webcast on the topics of exclusions, anti-kickbacks and false claims. An overview of OIGs mission and goals will be covered, an understanding of exclusions will be provided, and the differences between statutes, acts, and laws related to claims will be discussed.

Compliance 101

This course gives an overview of compliance, what it is, why it is important, who is responsible for it, where and when it happens, and how to get started with a compliance program for your organization. If you have not thought about compliance before, now is the time to start!

This course is one of nine of the Compliance modules published by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services by their Office of Inspector General website. Additional compliance courses are listed below:
Compliance 201 for Health Care Providers
Compliance for Governing Boards
Fraud, Waste and Abuse for Health Care Providers
Using Internal Controls
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Combating the Opiod Epidemic in Indian Country
Protecting Patients in AI/AN Communities
Quality of Care in IHS