Performance Improvement Strategies in ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES (ACS)
Complimentary Performance Improvement (PI) CME
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Improve your patient outcomes in ACS by learning and implementing ACC/AHA guideline-approved care processes. Earn 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ through this first-of-its-kind complimentary PI CME series for cardiologists and emergency medicine physicians.
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What is Performance Improvement (PI) ACS CME?FacultyCurriculum: Stages A, B, and C3 Interactive Webcasts3 Live Q&A AudioconferencesEnroll
Treatment guidelines and hospital protocols exist for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), yet barriers that limit the optimal management of these patients are prevalent and achieving therapeutic goals remains a challenge.
What is Performance Improvement (PI) ACS CME?
A structured, AMA-standardized educational format that allows cardiologists and emergency medicine physicians to self-assess current practice methods through performance measures; apply learned strategies to patient care; re-evaluate performance; summarize resulting practice, process, and/or outcome changes; and earn a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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Faculty
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Christopher P. Cannon, MD
Senior Investigator
TIMI Study Group
Associate Physician
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA |
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James W. Hoekstra, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC |
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David M. Larson, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ridgeview Medical Center
Clinical Researcher
Minneapolis Heart Institute Research Foundation
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN |
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Curriculum: Stages A, B and C
“Performance Improvement initiatives work; they have proven track records behind them.”
— Physician, Med-IQ CME Development Questionnaire, May 2008
Participate by completing 3 simple stages through “MY PI,” an online transcript customized for participants. Your CME credit will be awarded immediately after completing each stage.
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- You will be assigned a PI personal assistant from the Med-IQ concierge team whom you can contact by phone, e-mail, or fax for any help you may need completing the program.
- Your department’s education nursing staff or quality improvement personnel may be available to help you pull charts and enter data online for Stages A, B, and C.
STAGE A
Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ immediately after you:
Self-assess your current practice through chart reviews.
- Pull ACS patient charts.
- Complete and submit a one-page patient data collection form for each patient (by fax).
- Review automatically generated reports on MY PI based on information provided in your patient data forms.
- Self-assess your current performance using predetermined benchmarks.
Available: November 2008
STAGE B
Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ immediately after you:
- Participate in a Webcast related to the areas that you identify for improvement.
- Write and submit an implementation plan indicating how you will improve your practice within the benchmark areas (online or by fax).
Available: Early 2009, after completing Stage A
STAGE C
Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ immediately after you:
Self-asses and summarize resulting practice or process changes.
- Pull charts for ACS patients you have seen after implementing your improvement plan for 3 months.
- Complete and submit data collection forms for each patient as in Stage A (online or by fax).
- Assess changes in performance by reviewing automatically generated reports on MY PI based on information provided in your new patient data forms to assess changes in performance.
- Complete an evaluation form.
Available: After completing Stage B
Stage A + B + C = 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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3 Interactive Webcasts
Participate in one or more of these 30-minute, multisegment interactive Webcasts that align with your benchmark area(s) of improvement identified in Stage B. Each online activity will feature taped, newscast-style footage of guideline updates from relevant CME activities.
Available: February 18, 2009, after completing Stage A
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3 Live Q&A Audioconferences
Dial into 3 live audioconferences addressing benchmarks and guideline updates for the treatment of STEMI and UA/NSTEMI. Participants can submit benchmark or PI participation questions in advance or live on the phone to receive immediate answers.
Available: Enroll to receive audioconference dates and details
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S.
This series has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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