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Addressing Performance Improvement

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...
What else did the FDA specify to opioid manufacturers about how this mandate for prescribers should be implemented in the REMS?
The FDA has asked the manufacturers to submit their proposed REMS to the FDA for approval. Of direct relevance to ACCME-accredited providers is the FDA's instruction to manufacturers that the...
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...
How can my learners benefit from the identification of "factors outside of the provider's control that impact on patient outcomes?"
Criterion 18 asks the providers to identify barriers outside their control that affect patient outcomes—the patient outcomes of their learners. And this is important because continuing medical education addresses professional...
Can you explain how a provider may “operate in a manner that integrates CME in to the process for improving professional practice?”
The key words in Criterion 16 is about improving professional practice. Now, all of the criteria and all of your continuing medical education is linked to professional practice gaps. So,...