Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC) and the Inter-American Society of Hypertension. . The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Designation

The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control designates this educational activity for credit on an hour-per-hour basis in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit he or she actually spent in the educational activity. The activity will also be submitted to the American Academy of Family Physicians for review of prescribed credits.

Continuing Education: Nurses and Pharmacists

Application for approval for nursing contact hours will be made through the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accepted accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This program will be submitted to the Continuing Pharmaceutical Education Review Panel to obtain approval for credit towards pharmacist relicensure.

Disclosure

The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and Guidelines of the Association of American Medical Colleges that sponsors continuing medical education activities. The faculty and planning committee for this educational activity will disclose significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations.

Americans with Disability Act

It is the policy of IASH/COSEHC to not discriminate against any person on the basis of disabilities.  If you feel you need services or the auxiliary aids mentioned in this act in order to fully participate in this continuing medical education activity, please call the COSEHC Office of CME at (336) 716-8238.