Program Details
Presenters: Sita Chandra & Patricia King, PhD, MSW
Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit (Presented on July 21, 2022; Reviewed February 1, 2026; Expires February 1, 2027)
Online CME credit fee: $50.00
AIM Overview and Hypertension Bundle Implementation, an Example from Illinois
Overview
AIM Overview and Hypertension Bundle Implementation will provide an overview of AIM and on AIM Hypertension (HTN) bundle.
This session topic is part of a four-part series presented by the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM). AIM works through state teams and health systems to align national, state, and hospital-level engagement efforts to improve overall maternal health outcomes. To view all session topics in this series, visit the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Series.
Learning Objectives
Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe 1 hypertension initiative key strategy
- Identify key measures of the hypertension initiative
Instructions for receiving CME/CE credit:
- Click on the registration button above
- Click on the course to register
- Pay for the course
- After payment, you will click begin the activity
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- Watch the YouTube video
- Click to claim credit
- Enter the activity code that was provided to you in the email confirmation
- Claim credit and generate the certificate
Evaluation and Claim Credit
- Once you begin the video, you must watch it in its entirety to claim credit. Fast-forwarding has been disabled. You may pause the video briefly if needed. Do not close the browser window as doing so will require you to start over.
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Accreditation Designation Statements
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM). The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education Credit
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine approves this program for 1.00 hour of nursing continuing education credit.
As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of an accredited activity disclose all financial relationships within the prior 24 months with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
All presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that they do not have any financial relationships with commercial or proprietary interests related to the content of this activity.
- Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health – AIM Program
- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM)
- ACOG – ABMS Multispecialty Portfolio Program
- Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC)
- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (2022): What Is AIM?
- CDC – Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
- CDC – Maternal Mortality Review Committees (ERASE MM)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement: What Is a Bundle?
- NPR: U.S. Has the Worst Rate of Maternal Deaths in the Developed World
- CDC – Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States (2020)
- Cumulative Percent of OB Providers and Nurses Completing Severe Hypertension/Preeclampsia Bundle Education
- Maternal Hypertension Initiative – Treatment Within 60 Minutes (2015–2017)
- Maternal Hypertension Initiative – Treatment Within 60 Minutes (2016–2019)
- Discharge Education for Severe Hypertension (2016–2019)
- Follow-Up Appointments Scheduled Within 10 Days (2016–2019)
- Hospital Use of Standard Protocols for Severe Preeclampsia/Eclampsia
- ILPQC Team Survey (2017): Most Effective Bundle Elements