ABQAURP - 30th ANNUAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY CONFERENCE - Reducing Risk and Improving Quality: What a Concept!

30th ANNUAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY CONFERENCE - Reducing Risk and Improving Quality: What a Concept! - VIDEO BASED COURSE

"30th ANNUAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY CONFERENCE - Reducing Risk and Improving Quality: What a Concept! - VIDEO BASED COURSE"

8 CME Credits

9.6 CEU Credits

The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP), is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ABQAURP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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All participants must achieve a post-test score of at least seventy percent (70%) for recertification and continuing education credits. This activity is valid from July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2010.

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Module 1 "30th Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference - Session 1"

Course Description & Objectives

Establish how multiple stakeholders can develop tools to improve care coordination.
Define cost breakdown specific to interventions to control health care costs.

Module 2 "30th Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference - Session 2"

Course Description & Objectives

Identify the goals of the advanced medical home initiative and the need to consider different care models for managing patients with multiple conditions.
Implement tools to improve and optimize communication between clinicians for the patient’s well being.

Module 3 "30th Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference - Session 3"

Course Description & Objectives

Appraise how implementing benchmarking processes will improve practice performance and patient safety measures.
Apply principles of predictive modeling to improve patient outcomes and optimize care.

Module 4 "30th Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference - Session 4"

Course Description & Objectives

Consider how health information networks can optimize the delivery of care and access to health care records when and where needed.
Convert medical and pharmaceutical data into tools that can be used to improve costs, utilization, and quality of care.
Assess and employ techniques and tools to improve health care quality while protecting patient safety.

CME 8

CEU 9.6

Author(s)
Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD (Click this link for author bio)
Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD has indicated he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP (Click this link for author bio)
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP has indicated he is a salaried employee of HCA, Inc.
A. Mark Fendrick, MD (Click this link for author bio)
A. Mark Fendrick, MD has indicated he has research support from Amgen, Merck and Co., Pfizer Inc., Johnson
and Johnson, and Sanofi -Aventis Pharmaceuticals. He is a consultant for ActiveHealth Management, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Co., GlaxoSmithKline, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., Merck Inc., Pfizer Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Sanofi -Aventis Pharmaceuticals, and TAP Pharmaceuticals.
Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP (Click this link for author bio)
Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP has indicated he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN (Click this link for author bio)
Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN has indicated she has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF, CHCQM (Click this link for author bio)
Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF, CHCQM has indicated he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in regard to the content of this presentation.

Nick J. Paslidis, MD, PhD, MHCM, CHCQM (Click this link for author bio)
Nick J. Paslidis, MD, PhD, MHCM, CHCQM has indicated he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in regard to the content of this presentation.
Douglas Moeller, MD (Click this link for author bio)
Douglas Moeller, MD has indicated he is a salaried employee of McKesson Corporation.
Donald Holmquest, MD, JD, PhD (Click this link for author bio)
Donald Holmquest, MD, JD, PhD has indicated he is the President and CEO of CalRHIO.
C. Bernie Good, MD, MPH, FACP (Click this link for author bio)
C. Bernie Good, MD, MPH, FACP has indicated he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Louis H. Diamond, M.B.Ch.B., F.A.C.P. (Click this link for author bio)
Louis H. Diamond, M.B.Ch.B., F.A.C.P. has indicated he is the Vice President and Medical Director of Thomson Healthcare.

Course Fees:
DIPLOMATE $210.00 MEMBER $250.00 NON-MEMBER $310.00

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