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Language of Expected Results in Mission Statement

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 13:17 — acantelmi

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Explaining Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:58 — acantelmi

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Assembling a State-wide Partnership to Address Quality Improvement

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:52 — accmeadmin

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Measuring Improvement Using Clinical Measures

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

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Implementing Big Change in a Small Community Hospital

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

Description: 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)
  • 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

Identifying Other Factors that Impact Patient Outcomes

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

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Designing for Change

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

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Documenting Professional Practice Gaps

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

Description: 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
  • ShareShare

Professional Practice Gaps – Special Cases?

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:52 — breakthrough

Description: What is the professional practice gap for education on a new medical device, or for morbidity/mortality conference and tumor boards?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • Criterion 2
  • knowledge
  • Medical Devices
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)
  • scope of practice
  • ShareShare

Methods of Activity Evaluation

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:46 — breakthrough

Description: How should I approach evaluating the effectiveness of a CME activity?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • competence
  • Criterion 11
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • outcomes
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • performance measures
  • ShareShare

Analyzing Activities’ Impact

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:45 — breakthrough

Description: What are the ACCME’s expectations for “analyzing changes” achieved as a result of the CME program’s activities?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • analyzes changes
  • competence
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • evaluation
  • expected results
  • Mission statement
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • ShareShare

Using Effective Formats

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:22 — breakthrough

Description: What are the ACCME’s expectations of choosing formats to match the expected results of the CME activity?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 5
  • designing for change
  • desired results
  • expected results
  • format
  • knowledge
  • objectives
  • performance
  • setting
  • ShareShare

Traditional Needs Assessment

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:17 — breakthrough

Description: How do I adapt traditional needs assessment approaches to the ACCME 2006 Accreditation Criteria expectations?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 2
  • Documentation
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • Needs assessment
  • performance
  • professional practice gaps
  • ShareShare

Knowledge-Based CME Activities

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 15:03 — breakthrough

Description: Are knowledge-based CME activities compliant with ACCME 2006 AccreditationCriteria requirements?
 
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  • ACCME Video FAQ
  • activity planning
  • competence
  • Criterion 11
  • Criterion 2
  • Criterion 3
  • designing for change
  • knowledge
  • needs
  • patient outcomes
  • performance
  • ShareShare

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