ACPE Distance Education Courses

Interact Courses
Course Title	Description	Register	Course Site (Enrolled students)
ACPE's Keystone	Develop your own personal blueprint for leading and growing your organization, department or agency. [more info]	Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Business Plans	Take a leadership role in the development of business plans for new programs, projects, and ventures. [more info]	Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)	Take the step in making a business and quality outcomes case for considering a CPOE system.[more info]	Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Contracts -What Do You Need to Know?	This course reviews frequently encountered contractual pitfalls in managed care contracts, takes a brief look at some legal issues with managed care organizations, and describes some of the elements that should always be included in a physician employment contract.[more info]	Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Essentials of Health Law	Gain an understanding of laws pertaining to health care organizations. [more info - online session] [more info - express]	Register (with online session) Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students- July 23 - August 12 Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Ethical Challenges	Become the leader in developing processes for resolving ethical issues facing physicians, patients and their families. [more info - online session] [more info - express]	Register (with online session) Register (Express- no online session)	Enrolled Students August 13 - September 2 Enrolled Students (Express- no online session)
Financial Decision Making	Learn the basic principles of finance to shape your organization's strategic future. [more info - online session] [more info - express]	Register (with online session) Register (Express no online session)	Enrolled Students Sept 3 - Oct 14 Enrolled Students (Express no online session)
Follow the Money:Financial Management Series	Develop expertise in specific financial areas and gain a solid basis for discussing issues with financial experts. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions) All Modules Financial Performance Budgeting Process Improvement Ethics & Compliance	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions) Financial Performance Budgeting Process Improvement Ethics & Compliance
Governance for Medical Groups: Take Charge of your Group	Gain the skills you need for strong leadership in your group from the board or partnership perspective. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
High Tech and High Reliability	This new ACPE course addresses why information systems and standardization are key to creating positive acceptable improvements in care. ...[more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
IT- Change Management	Discover implementation tools for gaining commitment, dealing with technical shortcomings, project management skills, training and communication. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
IT- Knowledge Management	Establish realistic processes to get the best information in the right hands at the right time. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Leadership Skills for Medical Staff Officers	Be a more effective leader and get the most out of the management side of your job-managing people, meetings, finance, quality and organizational politics. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions) All Modules Credentialing & Privileging Hospital Finance Meeting & Org. Politics Quality & Patient Safety	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions) Credentialing &Privileging Hospital Finance Meeting & Org.Politics Quality & Patient Safety
Managing Physician Performance	A definitive guide to managing medical professionals, from recruiting and hiring to everyday supervision.[more info]	Register (With online sessions) Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students Sept 10 - Oct 21 Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Mastering the Basics of Health Care Finance	Learn budgeting, managing costs, reporting results, and some of the unique aspects of accounting for health care organizations. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
MetaLeadership: Removing Barriers and Building Bridges	Focus on how to connect people, resources, information and performance of different professions and specialties. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Pay for Performance	Common initiatives are explained, including the role of patient satisfaction, IT investment, and process standards vs. outcomes measures as means to measure quality. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Physicians and Hospitals: Proven Techniques to Optimize the Relationship	Cultivate a new and non-intuitive approach for managing the broken relationships between health system managers and physicians. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Physician in Management	More than 15,000 physicians have chosen the Physician in Management Seminar (PIM) to learn the business skills medical schools don't teach. You can take all six modules for the full PIM Seminar, or pick and choose individual modules in any order or combination you like. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions) All Modules Communication Finance Influence Management Marketing Negotiation	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions) Communication Finance Influence Management Marketing Negotiation
Science of High Reliability	Learn to improve patient care (safety, clinical quality, cost, and time) through applying best practices from High Reliability Organizations.[more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Stark Regulations: Prohibitions, Exceptions, and Guidance for the Future	This 3-hour web lecture studies Stark regulations and reviews updates, changes and exceptions to this complicated law.[more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Taking Charge of Change	This course is no longer available for purchase.		Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Taming Disruptive Behavior	Learn how to manage disruptive behavior, including how to have the difficult conversations and explain that disruptive behavior that has been tolerated for years is no longer acceptable.[more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
Three Faces of Quality	Expose your to techniques used to meet various quality initiatives, including total quality management, outcomes management, and clinical guidelines. [more info]	Register (with online sessions) Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students July 23 - September 2 Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)
What’s New in Credentialing and Privileging	Be up to date on core privileges, privileging for new procedures, and privileges that cross specialty lines. [more info]	Register (Express no online sessions)	Enrolled Students (Express no online sessions)