William Mencia, MD, CCMEP, Vice President of Education and Medical Affairs at Med-IQ, describes a collaboration between his organization and several hospitals that measurably improved standards-based care, in a discussion with...
Criterion 16
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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>>SINGER: I’m Steve Singer, I’m the director of Education and Outreach at the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
>>MENCIA: Hello, I’m William Mencia I’m Vice-President...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider has developed practice improvement projects, which are CME activities eligible for Part IV of the maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements for its specialty board. Additional opportunities for the integration...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider works with its Risk Management department on the development of its regularly scheduled series activities as part of the solution for the prevention of sentinel events. Other examples include performance improvement...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider integrates CME into the practice improvement process by participating on committees in the institution that focus on quality, like the Nursing Magnet Team, for example, and developing CME in response to identified...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider’s Board and staff collaborate with educational partners, including rural hospitals , clinics, and independent physician offices in the region, as well as national organizations, to obtain and use information from their...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider performs practice risk assessments for its learners on request and also invites learners to participate in risk management telephone consultation. Specific CME activities are suggested for the learner as a result of...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider works with faculty and activity planners to adopt educational practices that support physician professional development and improve professional practice. For example, performance improvement activities were developed...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider coordinated a system-wide initiative on making a "just culture," fostering networking among sites to share common concerns and interests. The provider conducted CME activities as part of a multi-year collaborative for...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider’s relationship with its state medical board gives the organization the opportunity to serve as content experts/educational consultants on a variety of initiatives. The staff of the provider sits on the Maintenance of...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider integrates CME into the process for improving professional practice through direct practice assessment and measurement of data from within its own institution, the local community, and its statewide partnership with...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider develops and publishes consensus statements and position papers, along with exercise prescription guidelines and other standards recognized across the field of sports medicine. These standards are incorporated into...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider has created four targeted practice improvement modules for their members to use in the ABMS Maintenance of Certification process: carpal tunnel syndrome, metacarpal fractures, arthritis, and flexor tendon.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider established "Practice Improvement Education” as a means to link the organization's risk management, quality and safety and surgical safety units. The program uses quality data based on national benchmarks and...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider has developed performance improvement activities for venous thromboembolism and reduction mammoplasty based on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for reduction mammoplasty that it has developed. In addition...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider’s CME program is closely tied to performance improvement initiatives in the organization. For example, a recent hospital performance improvement and quality initiative was developed to reduce readmission rates for...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The provider incorporates American Board of Internal Medicine self-improvement modules (in support of ABMS Maintenance of Certification) into its annual symposia.
Friday, November 9, 2012
The provider develops curricula designed to "improve professional practice on a broad scale," which is in keeping with their mission statement. The goal of their signature CME activity is to raise awareness and drive...
Friday, November 9, 2012
The provider gave several examples of CME activities, including a self-directed performance improvement platform that allows participants to access a variety of learning formats, tools, and best practice guidelines specific to the...
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Jennifer D’Alessandro, Assistant Director of Clinical Education and former Program Manager, National Committee for Quality Assurance, discusses how practice-based measures can support performance improvement for physicians and...
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>> SINGER: Hello, my name is Steve Singer. I’m the Director of Education & Outreach at the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
>> D’ALESSANDRO: Hi, my name is...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
- Can you explain what the ACCME means by "operates in a manner that integrates CME into the process for improving professional practice" in Criterion 16?
- What does participation "within an institutional or system...
In trying to meet the needs of the 21st century physician, the accredited CME providers given an opportunity to plan educational activities in the context of our Criteria, but we’re also given the opportunity to demonstrate systems...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider's leadership has integrated the CME unit into the organizational structure in order to position CME as a change agent to help improve the professional practice of its physicians. For example, working in concert with...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider develops practice guidelines and evidence-based clinical position statements, and produces CME activities to educate participants on these guidelines and recommendations. The provider has piloted and is implementing a...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
In its self-study report and supplemental materials, the provider describes that its CME planning and design processes are, "designed to help facilitate changes in physician performance." The provider did not demonstrate with this...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The priorities of a CME provider within the U.S. military are set by federal government oversight. As a result, their CME program is focused on improving the professional practice of the physicians providing care to military...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider presented an example of one activity that integrates CME into the process for improving professional practice, but did not demonstrate that the CME program operates in a manner that integrates CME into the process for...