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CME as a BridgeTo Quality

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ACCME Board of DirectorsR. Russell Thomas, Jr., DO, MPH

Chair Barbara E. Barnes, MD

Vice-ChairSusan Bailey, MD

Treasurer 

Arnold Berry, MD, MPHS. Kalani Brady, MDPeter Coggan, MD, MSEd Claudette Dalton, MD Jerilyn Glass, MD, PhD

Federal Government Ruth Horowitz, PhD

PublicJames Liljestrand, MDJohn D. Marler, Jr., PhD

Karla Matteson, PhDDebra G. Perina, MDWilliam W. Pinsky, MDHenry Pohl, MD Harold J. Sauer, MD Susan Spaulding, Public Ronald Wade, MD Sterling Williams, MA, MD

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ACCME Member Organizations

American Board of Medical SpecialtiesAmerican Hospital AssociationAmerican Medical Association

Association for Hospital Medical EducationAssociation of American Medical Colleges

Council of Medical Specialty SocietiesFederation of State Medical Boards of the US, Inc.

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Bridging the Gap

“It is not realistic to think one can solve all the problems in health care delivery. None of the popular models for improving clinical performance appear superior… therefore bridges must be built and

models must be integrated to be truly effective.”

In Building Bridges to Quality, Grol, JAMA, 2001;286:2600-2601.

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ACCME’s Role

Accredited CME is an essential component of continuing physician professional development in the eyes of the ACCME member organizations

For almost 30 years, the ACCME system for accredited continuing medical education has provided standards, criteria, and policies that define what it means to be a provider of CME

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ACCME Recognizes…

US health care is at a crossroads and Accredited CME is being asked to provide solutions.

It is a critical time for CME to address the competency and

performance gaps of physicians…

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Gaps are Evident

“All adults in the United States are at risk for receiving poor health care, no matter where they live; why, where, and from whom they seek care; or what their race, gender, or financial status is.”

Rand, 2006 National Report Card

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Accredited CME• Connects current practice to best practice

• Is one of our nation’s strategic assets for improving care

• Is an important partner for change to your physicians and your community of practice

• An essential link between the life-long learning of physicians and State and Federal requirements for physician licensure and Maintenance of Certification™

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You Need to Understand

Your stakeholders need to understand just how important this role of CME is to the healthcare mission of your organization

It is a critical time for CME to make absolutely sure that it is widely known what CME,

– is doing – will be doing– is capable of doing

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It’s a Critical Time

It’s time to call a meeting to discuss…

CME as a Bridge to Quality

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Cementing the Construct…

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Meeting Agenda

Accredited CME…• Linked to practice and focused on quality gaps• Supports Maintenance of Certification® • Requirement of maintenance of licensure• Fostering collaboration to address QI• Addressing interdisciplinary teams• Independent of commercial interests

Education that matters to patient care

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Background

Is CME effective?– Highest level of

research evidence says “yes”

– 2007 Metasynthesis from US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Rand, 2006 National Report Card

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME is linked to practice

and focused on healthcare quality

gaps.

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Synonymous with Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

• Activities are linked to practice-based needs (Updated Criterion 2)

• Content of CME matches the scope of the learner’s practice (Updated Criterion 4)

• Measurements of change in competence, performance or patient outcomes will be available (Updated Criterion 11)

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Practice Improvement16. The provider operates in

a manner that integrates CME into the process for improving professional practice.

17. The provider utilizes non-education strategies to enhance change as an adjunct to its activities/educational interventions (e.g., reminders, patient feedback).

18. The provider identifies factors outside the provider’s control that impact on patient outcomes.

19. The provider implements educational strategies to remove, overcome or address barriers to physician change.

20. The provider builds bridges with other stakeholders through collaboration and cooperation.

21. The provider participates within an institutional or system framework for quality improvement.

22. The provider is positioned to influence the scope and content of activities/educational interventions.

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME supports

physicians’ maintenance of

certification.

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ABMS MOC™ ProcessPart I - Professional Standing Medical specialists must hold a valid, unrestricted medical license in at least one state or jurisdiction in the United States, its territories or Canada.

Part II - Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Physicians participate in educational and self-assessment programs that meet specialty-specific standards that are set by their member board.

Part III - Cognitive Expertise They demonstrate, through formalized examination, that they have the fundamental, practice-related and practice environment-related knowledge to provide quality care in their specialty.

Part IV - Practice Performance Assessment They are evaluated in their clinical practice according to specialty-specific standards for patient care. They are asked to demonstrate that they can assess the quality of care they provide

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Supporting ABMS Member Boards

Regarding your own program of CME….– How did the content relate to your scope of

practice?– What competencies did your CME address?– Did your CME vary in format?– What professional practice gaps of yours did

your CME address?– What changed for you, or your patients, as a

result of your program of CME ?

Accountability

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME is an essential

requirement for Maintenance of

Licensure.

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FSMB Draft Report 2007

“State medical boards have a responsibility to the public to ensure the ongoing competence of physicians seeking

relicensure.”

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RecommendationsA. The Board should require the following for license renewal and require documentation thereof:

Participation in an ongoing process of reflective self-evaluation, self assessment and practice assessment, with subsequent successful completion of educational activities tailored to meet the needs or deficiencies identified by the assessment.

Demonstration of continued competence in the following areas: [ACGME/ABMS Competencies] and, if applicable, osteopathic philosophy and osteopathic manipulative medicine; including the knowledge, skills and abilities to provide safe, effective patient care within the scope of their professional medical practice. This criterion must be met, in part, by passage of a valid, secure, proctored examination in the physician’s current practice area.

Demonstration of accountability for performance in practice.

ADD

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Guided by the Updated Criteria…

Accredited CME providers are perfectly positioned to support physicians as they navigate their own, personalized processes of MOC™ and “MOL”

CME professionals will provide value to their physician community by,

– Helping to uncover, measure, and address important knowledge, competency, and performance-based gaps in practice

– Aligning educational planning with their physicians’ scope of practice

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME is fostering

collaboration to address quality

improvement.

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ACCME Will Reward Providers That…

• Work towards understanding the healthcare environment in which their physicians practice

• Seek solutions beyond their own boundaries

• Identify and remove obstacles that stand between current care and best care for patients.

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Updated Criteria Address Collaboration, Quality, and Systems-Based Practice

16. integrate CME into process for improving professional practice.

17. utilize non-education strategies (e.g., reminders, patient feedback).

18. identify factors outside the provider’s control that impact on patient outcomes

19. remove, overcome or address barriers to physician change

20. build bridges with other stakeholders

21. participate in an institutional or system framework for QI

22. positioned to influence the scope and content of activities and educational interventions

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ACCME as an example• Striving to embody the model of learning and

change described in the Updated Criteria by providing outreach, education, and coordination to nurture innovation and interaction among key stakeholders

• In 2007, these efforts have culminated in productive relationships with multiple healthcare stakeholders

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Examples• Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force • Five regional members of the CMS Better

Quality Information to Improve Care for Medicare Beneficiaries pilot program

• The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

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A Regional Quality Gap….

Fall 2007

Chicago Tribune

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A Regional Quality Gap….

Fall 2007

Chicago Tribune

“Applying the ACCME Updated Criteria while Addressing a Public Health Imperative”

CME as a Strategic Asset forImproving Quality Webinar in Fall

2007

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A Regional Quality Gap….

Fall 2007

Chicago Tribune

“Applying the ACCME Updated Criteria while Addressing a Public Health Imperative”

A cooperative effort of the Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education andThe Illinois State Medical Society

CME as a Strategic Asset for Improving Quality Webinar in Fall

2007

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A Regional Quality Gap….

Chicago Tribune

“Applying the ACCME Updated Criteria while Addressing a Public Health Imperative”

A cooperative effort of the Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education andThe Illinois State Medical Society

CME as a Strategic Asset for Improving Quality Webinar in Fall

2007

Murray Kopelow, MDChief Executive Officer

Accreditation Council forContinuing Medical Education

David A. Ansell, MD, MPHChief Medical Officer

Rush University Medical Center

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME is addressing

interdisciplinary team practice.

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Institute of Medicine Directive• Health Professions

Education: A Bridge to Quality (2002)– A core-competency

that health professionals “cooperate, communicate, and integrate care in teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable”

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To Realize This Goal

• Long-term strategic partnership

• Three accrediting organizations of three professions

• Cooperating, communicating - and are integrating their systems of accreditation

ACCME

ACPE

ANCC

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Since 1998/2005

• All three organizations have actively collaborated to explore areas of synergy

• A statement of shared values and future collaborative projects, accepted by the leadership of all three organizations in 2006

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Fruits of Our Collaboration• Alignment of critical aspects of accreditation

Requirements and Processes for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists

• Shared commitment to safeguard education from commercial interests

• Both the ANCC and ACPE adopted the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support™ in 2007

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Committed to Future Collaboration

• More standardized terminology for accreditation

• Common or shared approaches for accreditation processes

• Creation of a special accreditation that rewards providers who engage in multidisciplinary education planned for and by the entire healthcare team

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CME AS A BRIDGETO QUALITY

Accredited CME is independent of

commercial interests.

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An Endeavor For Medicine,By Medicine

When CME fails to be exclusively oriented to measured gaps in the delivery of care we cease to be relevant to physicians-in-practice and we fail the needs of patient care.

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Face Validity

Our most important stakeholder – the American public – demands that the CME system provide demonstrable value without influence from industry

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ACCME Commitment

The ACCME is resolute in its efforts to ensure that CME is,

– Provided through a valid and credible accreditation system

– Independent of commercial interests– Free of commercial bias in all CME topic

selection, planning decision, and presentation content

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Definition of “Independence”

“The concepts of independence from industry and collaboration with industry in the development of [CME] content are mutually exclusive.”

ACCME Board of Directors, Executive Summary from November 2007 Board Meeting

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“Independence” (Cont’d)

Although commercial interests may provide commercial support for educational activities as defined by the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure Independence… there is no role for ACCME-defined commercial interests in the development or evaluation of accredited CME activities

ACCME Board of Directors, Executive Summary from November 2007 Board Meeting

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You Must Accept

• Commercial interests’ influence erode the public’s confidence in CME and introduce obstacles for the ACCME system, accredited providers, and their stakeholders.

• ACCME will work quickly and effectively to monitor and remove bias and influence from accredited CME

• ACCME continues to seek discussion among stakeholders

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Taking Action• You have a story to tell• Accredited CME is aligned to the current

and future needs of medicine• It is a critical time for CME to make

absolutely sure that it is widely known what CME– is doing – will be doing– is capable of doing