HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT

• Identify the quality improvement issues that

are reshaping healthcare and define ways to

improve your practice

• Comprehend the function of their EHR and

understand the details of meaningful use

objectives

• Provide an understanding of Accountable

Care Organizations in Massachusetts and the

impact on physicians’ practices

• Recognize the adoption of Maintenance of

Certification and Maintenance of

Licensure in Massachusetts and understand

the impact on physicians

CME CREDIT/ACCREDITATION

The Massachusetts Medical Society designates

this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA

PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should

claim only the credit commensurate with the

extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the criteria of the

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine

for risk management study.

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 the Massachusetts Medical

Society and the Indian Medical Association of

New England.

The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited

by the Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education to provide continuing

medical education for physicians.

Providers must be involved on multiple

levels to help shape the rapidly evolving

healthcare system. Healthcare quality is

being increasingly measured, reported

publicly, and questioned by all interested

parties. There is a great urgency for

physicians and their staff to determine how

to improve their performance. Physicians

need to understand principles of quality

improvement, various tools they can use to

improve performance, the role of IT in

improving outcomes, and how to reduce

costs while improving quality.

The growing Accountable Care

Organization movement, particularly strong

in Massachusetts, creates a further

challenge for physicians to understand all

of the systems and tools that they need to

implement.

The Adoption of Maintenance of

Certification and Maintenance of Licensure

in Massachusetts will have an impact on

physicians. Physicians need to understand

the goal of MOL and MOC and the need to

continually improve public safety and

quality of care.

This meeting will look at the equity and

disparities in healthcare delivery and how

electronic health records and ACOs may

impact the healthcare quality and safety.

Physicians as champions of their patients'

care need to be vigilant about equity in

access to care and quality.