Continuing Education Webinars      Whitehat Home           Whitehat offers a series of educational webinars sponsored by Siemens Healthineers. This commitment to continuing education for healthcare professionals allows you to view archived webinars at any time at no cost. Many sessions will offer PACE® Continuing Education Credits for up to six months after the live event. Be sure to check back often for new event postings.

Improving Decision-Making in Pediatric Critical Care Transport     Timothy McLaughlin, RN, BSN, CFRN, EMT Flight Nurse Specialist, Metro Life Flight MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH      Live Event: Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET P.A.C.E.® Credit available until June 12, 2025 Florida Lab Credit available View Webinar   View Slides                  Modern healthcare provides specialized services to treat and manage critical conditions quickly. For pediatric patients, these resources are often far away, with initial treatment usually at small hospitals or accident sites lacking necessary resources. Specialized pediatric critical care transport teams act as "mobile ICUs," delivering urgent care on-site and safely transporting patients to advanced facilities. A key tool for these teams is point-of-care testing (POCT), which offers real-time lab data, aiding in rapid decision-making and improving patient outcomes. This webinar will showcase how POCT benefits pediatric critical care transport and similar limited-resource settings.               This webinar will:         Demonstrate real-world cases where POCT has driven faster and more accurate decision making where emergency medical services are needed Examine the impact of POCT in enhancing pediatric patient outcomes from a critical care specialist Discuss the implementation of POCT to improve emergency transport and acute care effectiveness                                   Mitigating Errors in Blood Analysis with POC Informatics   Marcy Anderson, MS, MLS (ASCP) Northeast Zone Head POC Customer Experience Team Siemens Healthineers Chad Juhl Senior NAM POC Informatics Sales Specialist Siemens Healthineers     Live Event: Tuesday, October 22, 2024  Note: Certificates of attendance will be offered for viewing this webinar recording until April 22, 2025, however CE credit will not be available. View Webinar View Slides                 Healthcare faces ever-changing, complex challenges in quality management. Notably, these include the practice of adapting traditional lab standards to point-of-care testing (POCT). Applying traditional laboratory standards to point-of-care testing poses significant challenges. This webinar is set to explore risk mitigation and spotlight the effectiveness of the epoc® Blood Analysis System powered by the UniPOC™ Data Management System. This innovative combination of technologies serves as an automated quality management system designed to expand control over a diverse array of point of care settings, end users, and complex workflows. It spans all testing phases—pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical—to guarantee precise patient test results. This webinar's emphasis on the integration of POC informatics with the epoc Blood Analysis System seeks to illuminate the path toward enhanced quality management at the point of care. By examining the multifaceted aspects of quality assurance processes and technology's role in bolstering accuracy, this webinar aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to deliver precise and reliable patient outcomes.                 This webinar will:         Define sources of error in point-of-care testing Recognize design attributes that mitigate risk in point-of-care testing Demonstrate the features and benefits of a comprehensive POC informatics system                                   Transforming Pre-hospital Care with POC Blood Gas Testing View Webinar View Slides Chris Briggs, MS. EMS Deputy Director Parker County Hospital District EMS, Dallas, TX Dr. Justin R. Northeim EMS Medical Director Integrated Emergency Services, Dallas, TX     Live Event: Thursday, August 29, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET P.A.C.E.® Credit available until March 1, 2025 | Florida Lab Credit available This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course #192602000                   Healthcare professionals face ever-changing, complex challenges in all areas of care delivery whether it’s in the Emergency department or in the pre-hospital phase. This webinar aims to provide insight from essential roles in the pre-hospital phase such as EMS first responders, EMTs, and paramedics. Often, this group of personnel are tasked with managing acute health episodes and chronic disease exacerbations. With the use of point-of-care testing (POCT) devices in these settings, POCT can help with the identification of conditions like hyperkalemia, elevated lactate levels indicative of septic shock, kidney injuries through creatinine levels, and differentiating respiratory distress from failure for appropriate interventions.               This webinar will:         Examine EMS workflows, highlighting the use of POCT devices in various emergency scenarios Review best practices in the pre-hospital setting from seasoned EMS officers Identify the challenges faced during the implementation and use of a point of care blood gas testing system in the pre-hospital setting and discuss methods to overcome them                                   Making Sense of Integri-sense® Technology: Comprehensive Quality Assurance Providing Sample Integrity at Each Analytical Stage View Webinar View Slides     Desiree Dunnett, MBA, MLS (ASCP) Global Marketing Lead Handheld Blood Gas Siemens Healthineers Kathleen Sinkule, BS-RRT Global Clinical Marketing Lead Blood Gas Siemens-Healthineers     Live Event: Thursday, February 15, 2024  Note: Certificates of attendance will be offered for viewing this webinar recording until August 15, 2024, however CE credit will not be available.                   Laboratory testing errors can occur throughout all phases of the testing process, with 62% of laboratory testing errors occurring during the pre-analytical stage.1,2 Healthcare faces ever-changing, complex challenges in quality management. Notably, these include the practice of adapting traditional lab standards to point-of-care testing (POCT), where errors are frequent during the pre-analytical phase. Applying traditional laboratory standards to point-of-care testing poses significant challenges. This webinar is set to explore CLIA quality standards and spotlight the effectiveness of Integri-sense® Technology integrated into RAPIDPoint® 500e Blood Gas System. This innovative set of technologies serves as an automated quality management system designed to execute a series of comprehensive checks and balances. It spans all testing phases—pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical—to guarantee precise patient test results. This webinar's emphasis on CLIA quality standards and the integration of Integri-sense Technology within RAPIDPoint 500e system seeks to illuminate the path toward enhanced quality management at the point of care. By examining the multifaceted aspects of quality assurance processes and technology's role in bolstering accuracy, this webinar endeavors to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to deliver precise and reliable patient outcomes. 1 Carraro P, Plebani M. Errors in a stat laboratory: types and frequencies 10 years later. Clin Chem. 2017 Jul 1;53(7):1338-42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2007.088344 2 Lippi G. Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011;49(7):1113-26. doi: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.600                   This webinar will:            Comprehensively examine CLIA requirements for laboratory testing. Identify and mitigate sources of error in the various stages of patient testing. Describe and use design attributes to mitigate risks in point-of-care testing. Explain best practices in the individual quality control plan.

Cybersecurity in Healthcare Today: Needs and Best Practices Live Event Tuesday, December 1, 2020 View Webinar View Slides     Matthew McMahon Product and Solution Security Professional, Siemens Healthineers Richin Bhandavat Global Product Lead POC Blood Gas Siemens Healthineers                         Medical device connectivity to the internet, hospital networks, and other medical devices gives healthcare providers quick access to accurate, up-to-date patient information, which can lead to improved quality of care. However, along with these benefits, connectivity also brings cybersecurity risks that pose a threat to the safety of patients, patient information, and hospital operations. This risk is very real. There were an estimated 494 data breaches in 2019, with more than 41.11 million patient records exposed or stolen. Cybersecurity breaches are expected to cost the healthcare industry $4 billion in 2020. Mitigating cybersecurity risk is critical yet challenging, and the U.S. FDA has called on manufacturers, hospitals, and facilities to work together to manage the risk. In this webinar, we will review the problem of cybersecurity and identify common cybersecurity threats and attacks. The issue of cybersecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic will be reviewed. We will also describe how hospitals and medical device manufacturers can partner to mitigate cybersecurity issues. Additionally, we will discuss best practices for medical devices, highlighting security features designed into a new benchtop blood gas analyzer. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Cybersecurity. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/digital-health-center-excellence/cybersecurity). Accessed 10-14-2020. HIPAA Journal. Healthcare Cybersecurity. https://www.hipaajournal.com/healthcare-data-breaches-predicted-to-cost-industry-4-billion-in-2020/. Accessed 10-14-2020.                   This webinar will:            Discuss how cybersecurity issues are a growing problem in healthcare today and present increasing risk during the COVID-19 pandemic Identify common cybersecurity threats and attacks Describe hospital security team expectations and how they can be addressed by medical device manufacturers Review and evaluate best practices in medical device design

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