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Language of Expected Results in Mission Statement

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 13:17 — acantelmi

Do I have to use the exact words "competence, performance, or patient outcomes" when defining the expected results in our program's mission statement?

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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • compliance
  • Criterion 1
  • expected results
  • mission
  • Mission statement
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
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Explaining Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:58 — acantelmi

What's the difference between "knowledge," "competence," "performance" and "patient outcomes"?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • designing for change
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
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Assembling a State-wide Partnership to Address Quality Improvement

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:52 — accmeadmin

Rosalie Phillips, Executive Director of the Tufts Healthcare Institute, talks with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive, about a regional initiative for improving care and the process of assembling a team of collaborators. (Recorded May, 2009)

  • ACCME Interviews
  • accreditation with commendation
  • Call a Meeting
  • CME as a Strategic Asset
  • collaboration and cooperation
  • coordination of care
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 20
  • Criterion 21
  • leadership
  • Needs assessment
  • patient experience data
  • Pay for Performance
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • quality improvement
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Measuring Improvement Using Clinical Measures

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:34 — breakthrough

Victoria Street, Director of Education at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), discusses a performance improvement-based CME initiative to address national performance measures with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive. (Recorded May, 2009)

  • ACCME Interviews
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • guidelines
  • Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • Performance Improvement CME
  • performance measures
  • professional practice gaps
  • quality assurance
  • quality improvement
  • surveys
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Implementing Big Change in a Small Community Hospital

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 20:16 — breakthrough

Michael Romano, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa speaks candidly with Murray Kopelow, ACCME Chief Executive, about challenges and opportunities for changing physician performance with CME.

  • ACCME Interviews
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • CME as a Bridge to Quality
  • Criterion 16
  • Criterion 19
  • Criterion 21
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • guidelines
  • Hospital/Healthcare Delivery System
  • knowledge
  • leadership
  • literature review
  • Needs assessment
  • performance
  • Performance Improvement CME
  • professional practice gaps
  • quality improvement
  • Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
  • Read more

Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 2 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:36 — accmeadmin

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)
 
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  • ACCME Interviews
  • CME that Matters to Patient Care
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 4
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • scope of practice
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Addressing Substance Abuse with CME (Part 1 of 2)

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:23 — accmeadmin

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

Identifying Other Factors that Impact Patient Outcomes

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:03 — breakthrough

How can my learners benefit from the identification of "factors outside of the provider's control that impact on patient outcomes"?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • accreditation with commendation
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 18
  • factors outside provider’s control
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • Read more

Designing for Change

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:58 — breakthrough

Can you explain how Criteria 2, 3, and 11 support CME activity planning to change competence, performance, or patient outcomes?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • expected results
  • needs
  • objectives
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
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Documenting Professional Practice Gaps

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:54 — breakthrough

What documentation does the ACCME expect for educational needs and professional practice gaps?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Documentation
  • knowledge
  • national data
  • needs
  • performance
  • performance measures
  • professional practice gaps
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