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Linking CME to Quality Improvement

Does the ACCME require hospital-based CME programs to become part of their organization's Quality Improvement Department?
No. Criterion 21 requires that the provider, "participates within a institutional or system framework for quality improvement", but does not specify the manner in which this is achieved. Criterion 21...
How does the ACCME's focus on collaboration (C20-22) help further the impact of CME on physician performance, institutional quality, and patient health?
It is expected that CME providers will enhance the impact of CME in their system, or micro system, when they are in collaborative or cooperative alliances with other stakeholders in...
Can you explain the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria as it relates to a provider's process for continuous quality improvement?
The 2006 Accreditation Criteria are about the improvement of your continuing medical education program, as well as the improvement that you’re trying to assist your learners with. Shewhart and Deming...
Why should providers engage within a system or framework for quality improvement?
In the systems in which you practice, in the systems in which the physicians practice, there are organizations and enterprises trying to improve the overall quality of the health care...