Academic Group And Elm Exchange Announce Expansion Of Online Education Program To Include Nurse Education

Online, July 24, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Academic Group and ELM Exchange, Inc. are pleased to
announce the expansion of Academic's online healthcare risk management and patient safety education
program. Using ELM's proprietary learning management system, the ELM Risk & Safety Instituteâ„ . Academic
will extend its online education program to the nursing professionals working within the State University of New
York ("SUNY") and Westchester ("WMC") Academic Medical Centers. ELM has already delivered more than
67,000 online courses to over 3,300 teaching physicians and residents in the SUNY system.
"ELM's recent accreditation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and its ability to award
contact hours has given us another fantastic avenue for continuing to improve the quality of patient care," said
Martin Kern, CEO of Academic Group. "Our partnership with ELM has helped us properly manage the
frequency and severity of medical malpractice claims for our physician insureds - part of the proactive loss
prevention strategies Academic has instituted. We offer online education programs to our insured faculty as
well as residents (for free) throughout the state at hospitals affiliated with our medical schools. We are looking
forward to the additional benefit that adding nursing education will offer the system."
ELM's online continuing medical education courses are based on actual medical malpractice cases and
redacted into relatable stories by its staff of physician/attorneys. The courses help healthcare professionals
understand error generation and how the actions of the involved healthcare providers may have changed the
course for the patient's benefit. "We are committed to our mission of partnering with healthcare organizations
to increase the quality of patient care," said Sal Fiscina, MD, JD, Chief Executive Officer of ELM, "Academic is
committed to education and to advancing quality of care. We are fortunate to have such a progressive partner."
The new nursing education program is now immediately available to Academic Group clients and
accessible through their website:
http://www.academicins.com/onlineEducationGeneralConditions.html