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ABSTRACT: Improving Resident Engagement in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives at the Bedside The Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE)

Quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS) are essential competencies in residency training; however, the most effective means to engage physicians remains unclear. The authors surveyed all medicine and surgery physicians at their institution to describe QI/PS practices and concurrently implemented the Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE) program to determine

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Integrating Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education Activities Within a Community Hospital System

The integration of the Mercy Health System’s quality improvement (QI) and continuing medical educational (CME) activities is described. With the implementation of computerized medical data, the opportunities for QI-focused CME are growing. The authors reviewed their regularly scheduled series and special CME programs to assess their impact on quality care

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Delivering Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Adults Subspecialty Physician Practices

Influenza is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite long-standing national recommendations, only 47% of adults with a high-risk condition received the influenza vaccine in 2009-2010. Subspecialty practices provide a significant portion of ambulatory care visits for high-risk adults and understanding their role in the immunization

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Teaching Quality Essentials The Effectiveness of a Team-Based Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Tertiary Health Care Institution

A unique quality improvement (QI) curriculum was implemented within the Division of General Internal Medicine to improve QI knowledge through multidisciplinary, team-based education, which also met the QI requirement for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the Mayo Quality Fellows program. Participants completed up

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Impacts of Organizational Context on Quality Improvement

Abstract Variation in how hospitals perform on similar quality improvement (QI) efforts argues for a need to understand how different organizational characteristics affect QI performance. The objective of this study was to use data-mining methods to evaluate relationships between measures of organizational characteristics and hospital QI performance. Organizational characteristics were extracted

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

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ABSTRACT: Improving Resident Engagement in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives at the Bedside The Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE)

ABSTRACT: Integrating Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education Activities Within a Community Hospital System

ABSTRACT: Delivering Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Adults Subspecialty Physician Practices

ABSTRACT: Teaching Quality Essentials The Effectiveness of a Team-Based Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Tertiary Health Care Institution

ABSTRACT: Impacts of Organizational Context on Quality Improvement

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