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Reduce Risk and Improve Care by Engaging Physicians with Thought-Leading Courseware

It is imperative that facilities recognize the leadership role played by their physicians in patient safety initiatives by incorporating physicians into learning culture and, a team-based systems approach. Dr. William E. Jacott, M.D., Special Advisor for Professional Relations to The Joint Commission, states "Physician leadership and involvement are critically important to the success of patient care and patient safety improvement efforts." This program addresses the need for physician involvement by providing a highly interactive course, utilizing case-base scenarios, problem solving models, and performance improvement activities making use of actual practice data. The ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program, developed with the help of an advisory committee of nationally-recognized subject matter experts, provides a comprehensive curriculum that is designed to develop the physician’s skill set and best practices using familiar models and improvement techniques.

The Program has four primary components: (1) case-based patient scenarios that highlight key themes of patient safety, (2) patient safety curriculum for dealing with errors and adverse events in medical settings using themed examples from areas of national concern, (3) QI Fundamentals to help identify areas for change and incorporate QI measures, and (4) patient safety improvement activities that guide physicians through the concepts, methods, and tools learned to improve patient safety. By participating in the ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program your physicians learn essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes about safety and apply them in their environment.

Impact:
Patient Safety

• Improve the safety and quality of medical care
  
• Learn essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes about safety and apply them to improve care
  
• Incorporate learning strategies for dealing with errors and adverse events
  
• Aligns with TJC's National Safety Goals, IHI's 5 Million Lives, and WHO's Patient Safety Solutions
  

Quality Improvement

• Identify areas for change and incorporate quality improvement measures
  
• Apply methods and techniques to improve practice performance
  
• Integrate acquired skills into local and national patient safety activities

Features:

• Patient Safety Scenarios relevant across physician specialty and sub-specialties
  
• Ability to measure improvement efforts using your practice data as a baseline
  
• Blends scenarios engaging questions, expert analysis, and curriculum
  
• Printable transcript and reference materials
  

This program is essential for:

• The Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
  
• The Joint Commission Hospital Quality Measures
  
• Maintenance of Certification for Board Certified Physicians
  
• Annual CME requirements

This program supports:

• Patient safety initiatives
  
• Quality improvement initiatives
  
• Physician training programs
  
• Physician engagement and satisfaction initiatives
  

Course Outline

At the conclusion of this educational program, the physician will be able to:

• Demonstrate a commitment to acquiring the knowledge and skills to assess the safety of the care they deliver
  
• Identify Quality Improvement areas within any practice setting
  
• Apply Quality Improvement initiatives, as a team based approach
  
• Incorporate Patient Safety Improvement measures in any practice setting
  
• Measure and analyze Patient Safety and Quality Improvement efforts
  

Continuing Education Credit

The ABMS® Patient Safety Improvement Program has 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of HealthStream and the American Board of Medical Specialties. HealthStream is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Subject Matter Experts

Peter B. Angood, MD
James P. Bagian, MD, PE
Paul Barach, MD, MPH
David W. Bates, MD, MSC
Eric Coleman, MD, MPH
David M. Gaba, MD
Paula Griswold, MS
Kerm Henriksen, PhD
John Hickner, MD, MSC
Lucian Leape, MD
Eric Marks, MD
Marlene Miller, MD MSC
Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH
Alit K. Sachdeva, MD

To learn more about ABMS Patient Safety Improvement Program, visit ABMS website at http://www.abms.org/Products_and_Publications/Performance_Improvement/PSIP.aspx

About ABMS

Now in its 75th year, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is the preeminent medical organization overseeing physician certification in the U.S. ABMS assists its 24 Member Boards in efforts to develop and implement educational and professional standards for the evaluation and certification of physician specialists. These Member Boards provide physician certification information to ABMS for its certification verification service programs. ABMS is recognized by the key healthcare credentialing accreditation entities as a primary equivalent source of board certification data for medical specialists. Patients can visit www.abms.org or call toll-free 1-866-ASK-ABMS to see if their physician is board certified by an ABMS Member Board. For more information about ABMS visit www.abms.org or call (847) 491-9091.