October 20 – 21, 2006
Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

In its 2001 report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” the Institute of Medicine Health Care Quality Initiative reported a large gap in the quality of care that Americans receive compared to the evidence base for good clinical care.

In response, private sector healthcare purchasers, Congress, physician organizations, and others have launched many new initiatives and programs, each seeking to improve the quality of health care and the “efficiency” of clinical services provided in the United States.
Practicing physicians need to understand these competing models in order to enhance the effectiveness of the care they offer and to negotiate the new relationships among quality, efficiency, and reimbursement.

To make this easier, and to better engage practitioners with the issue of quality improvement, the American College of Physicians and Harvard Medical School are co-sponsoring the 2006 Update in Healthcare Quality, Efficiency, and Pay for Performance.
By attending this course, clinicians will have the skills they need to manage changes coming to the practice of medicine for the benefit of their patients and themselves. This course is designated for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and meets CME requirements in patient safety/risk management mandated in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s CME requirements in patient safety or risk management, visit their website at www.pamedsoc.org.

For more information on the Massachusetts Medical Society’s CME requirements in risk management study, visit their website at www.massmed.org.

To register for this course, please call the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education at 617-384-8600, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST) or visit Harvard's web page.
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-- Edited by svolpe at 07:27, 2006-09-15