The Brain Trust - Episode 13: Electronic Health Record Utilization in ADRD Early Detection

The Brain Trust

Leveraging Health IT and your Electronic Health Record (EHR) for managing and detecting patients at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.
Learning Objectives:

• Describe tools that can be used to screen for dementia, discreetly stored within the EHR and tracked over time.
• Discuss future directions and the use of AI for the early detection of ADRD.

Host: Raj Shah, MD - Professor, Family & Preventive Medicine at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Rush University
Guests: Karl Kochendorfer, MD, FAAFP, FAMIA - Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Chief Health Information Officer Associate Chief Medical Officer Associate Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health)
Ravishankar K. Iyer, PhD - George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Affiliate faculty at Mayo Clinic and Carle College of Medicine
This CME activity will meet the State of Illinois Continuing Medical Education Requirements for Physician License Renewal for Recognizing Dementia. Every licensed healthcare professional who has direct patient interaction with adults age 26 and above must take one hour of training on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Accreditation
The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 – The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians designates each Online enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™
Healthcare practitioners other than physicians (PAs, NPs) will be issued a certificate of participation to submit to their respective boards to be used toward their continuing education requirements.
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Visit The Brain Trust project to claim CME credit for this podcast, listen to other episodes, and view the toolkit for resources on managing Alzheimer’s and other related dementia’s in your practice.