New York, NY and Jackson, NJ – (May 30, 2018) – Today, CheckRare, an innovative learning platform for rare diseases, and the American Academy of CME, Inc., a 501(c)(3) education foundation focused on empowering and inspiring the healthcare team and its members to provide outstanding, high-quality patient care, announced a new continuing education collaboration.
This collaboration will focus on providing innovative and cost-effective, CME/CE-certified learning solutions that reach health care providers and the advocacy communities with important education and tools related to diagnosing and caring for people living with rare diseases. There is a great challenge for the rare disease community to raise awareness about these disorders, improve recognition of signs and symptoms, educate on clinical trial options, and learn about new and emerging treatment options.
According to Peter J. Ciszewski, president of CheckRare. “Both the American Academy of CME and CheckRare are dedicated to providing credible information to health care professionals and the rare disease community. By collaborating, CheckRare will benefit from the Academy’s expertise at creating high-quality, CME-certified programs in rare and often overlooked diseases,” said Ciszewski.
“This collaboration combines the Academy’s expertise in developing continuing education programs that improve the knowledge, skills and performance of clinicians and CheckRare’s success in developing and delivering rare disease learning programs,” said John JD Juchniewicz, MICS, CHCP, President of the Academy. “By working together and combining our respective strengths, we look to offer innovative and cost-effective certified education that positively impacts the care of the 30 million Americans living with rare diseases and their families – two-thirds of whom are children.”
Both parties hope that better patient care and increased understanding of rare diseases will result from their collaboration.
About CheckRare
CheckRare is a global learning platform for health care professionals, patients, and caregivers. Our focus is on providing insight into rare diseases, therapies, clinical trials, diagnostics, and the companies developing these ground breaking therapies. We provide peer-to-peer content and are a credible source for content. We engage users through our extensive database of physicians, advocates, and researchers that we use to promote rare diseases and drive traffic back to our platforms. For more information, visit www.checkrare.com.
About the American Academy of CME, Inc.
Founded in 2001, American Academy of CME, Inc. (Academy) (www.academycme.org) is a not-for-profit, 501(C)(3) educational foundation focused on providing high-quality, certified educational activities that improve the competence of healthcare professionals and change their behavior to positively impact patient care. The Academy’s educational activities are primarily targeted toward physicians (specialists and primary care), pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered dietitians, transplant coordinators, and social workers. The Academy is accredited (Accreditation with Commendation) by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and dietitians, respectively.
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Contacts:
For CheckRare Peter Ciszewski at 914.413.4174 | [email protected]
For the American Academy of CME, Inc. John JD Juchniewicz, MCIS, CHCP at 609-921-6622| [email protected]