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CME that Matters to Patient Care

CME Designed to Impact Patient Outcomes

Fri, 06/17/2011 - 08:46 — mmartin

Description: Rick Kennison, DPM, President and General Manager of Peer-Point Medical Education Institute, LLC, talks with Steve Singer, PhD, ACCME's Director of Education and Outreach, about his organization's experience with planning and implementing CME activities designed to improve physician performance and patient outcomes.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • communications
  • MECC
  • medical education company
  • Needs assessment
  • patient adherence
  • patient barriers
  • patient care
  • patient education
  • patient outcomes
  • performance improvement
  • quality gap
  • quality improvement
  • team-based care
  • ShareShare

Communities of Practice: Supporting State-wide Healthcare Efforts (Part 3 of 3)

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 08:34 — acantelmi

Description: Murray Kopelow, ACCME’s Chief Executive, discusses an ongoing state-based collaborative effort among CME providers in Minnesota with Kelly Nowicki, CME Administrator at the Mayo School for Continuous Professional Development.  Ms. Nowicki discusses her administrative role at the Mayo Clinic, providing insights to working relationships between CME and physician leaders. (Part 3 of 3, Recorded August, 2009)

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • collaboration and cooperation
  • Communities of practice
  • Criterion 20
  • national data
  • needs
  • Needs assessment
  • ShareShare

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 2 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:36 — accmeadmin

Description: Second part of discussion between Bertha Madras, former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow regarding CME approaches to address substance abuse. (Part 2 of 2, Recorded July 2008)
 
Visit these resources for more information:
For more information about the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, visit http://www.ondcp.gov.
 
For an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's "Screening and Brief Intervention for Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program, visit http://sbirt.samhsa.gov/.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 4
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • scope of practice
  • ShareShare

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:23 — accmeadmin

Description: First part of discussion between Bertha Madras, former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and ACCME Chief Executive, Murray Kopelow regarding CME approaches to address substance abuse. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded July 2008)
 
Visit these resources for more information:
For more information about the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, visit http://www.ondcp.gov.
 
For an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's "Screening and Brief Intervention for Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program, visit http://sbirt.samhsa.gov/.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 4
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • scope of practice
  • ShareShare

Improving Care for Veterans (Part 2 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:54 — breakthrough

Description: Part 2 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 2 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
 
Visit these resources for more information:
Joining Forces website

  • ACCME Interviews
  • accreditation with commendation
  • activity planning
  • CME as a Bridge to Quality
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • collaboration and cooperation
  • coordination of care
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 17
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 20
  • Criterion 3
  • Criterion 6
  • designing for change
  • desirable physician attributes
  • evaluation
  • format
  • leadership
  • non-educational strategies
  • own learners
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

Improving Care for Veterans (Part 1 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 18:27 — breakthrough

Description: Part 1 of the discussion between Debra Curran, Associate Director of Continuing Medical Education at HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education in Minneapolis, MN, and Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive about a regional initiative to address an important professional practice gap for family physicians and other healthcare practitioners that treat U.S. veterans. (Part 1 of 2, Recorded May, 2009)
 
 
Visit these resources for more information:
Joining Forces website

  • ACCME Interviews
  • accreditation with commendation
  • activity planning
  • CME as a Bridge to Quality
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • collaboration and cooperation
  • coordination of care
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 17
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 20
  • Criterion 3
  • Criterion 6
  • designing for change
  • desirable physician attributes
  • evaluation
  • format
  • leadership
  • non-educational strategies
  • own learners
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

Engaging Quality Improvement

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:00 — breakthrough

Description: Why should providers engage within a system or framework for quality improvement?
 
Click here to download a transcript of this FAQ (PDF)

  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • accreditation with commendation
  • CME as a Bridge to Quality
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • Criterion 21
  • quality improvement
  • ShareShare

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