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## Clinical and Financial Benefits of Implementing an Exclusive Human Milk Diet (EHMD) - a County Hospital Experience

 

 

 

# Clinical and Financial Benefits of Implementing an Exclusive Human Milk Diet (EHMD)

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### Objectives:

- Describe the biologic and clinical benefits of an EHMD with a highlight on gut-brain axis
- Identify the implementation process of an EHMD within a level III county NICU
- Evaluate the financial impact of an EHMD within a level III county NICU & beyond
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### Speaker:

![Dr Ram](https://page.prolacta.com/hubfs/Dr%20Ram.jpg "Dr Ram")

   

**Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD. **

Professor of Pediatrics 

Division Chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center & PH GoodSamaritan Hospital 

Director, NPM Fellowship, NICU & Neonatal Hemodynamics Program 

Director, Neonatal Respiratory Therapy Services, LAC+USC Medical Center 

Keck School of Medicine of USC

### Moderator & Live Q&A:

![EHS](https://page.prolacta.com/hubfs/EHS.png "EHS")

Moderator: Erin Hamilton Spence, MD, IBCLC

![Diwata Macalino](https://page.prolacta.com/hubfs/1517736399772.jpg "Diwata Macalino")

Live Q&A: Diwata Macalino, MS, RDN, CNSC

Target Audience: Neonatologists, NICU Dietitians, Nurses, Nurse Managers, Pediatricians, Family Medicine Physicians, any NICU Clinicians, and Reimbursement Specialists 

Contact Hour: Provided by Kendra S. Schreiner RN18160 Cottonwood Rd., PMB 352 Sunriver, OR 503-467-661. An Independent Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #15828. This program is approved for 1 nursing contact hour and 1 CPEU for dietitians

### Register here to watch on demand for CE credit:

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