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Institute for Health Care Delivery Research

For Intermountain Clinical Leaders
An Introduction to Clinical Quality Improvement

This course is designed as an introduction to the core principles of clinical quality improvement. Intermountain Healthcare's strategies for addressing the current health care delivery environment and opportunities for clinician participation in the development of these strategies are discussed.

This course has been constructed to help build a common framework for coordinated clinical practice improvement within the Intermountain system. The content is focused on discussion about core principles of clinical quality improvement and tools physicians can use to improve patient outcomes. It also addresses the developing managed care marketplace and explores how quality improvement methods can build a foundation for integrated clinical research and ongoing professional learning.

Objectives
Accreditation
Course Schedule & Registration
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Objectives for the Introduction to Clinical Quality Improvement

This 14-hour course is for Intermountain Healthcare clinical leaders. Registration is required.

Objectives:

Discuss the core principles of clinical quality improvement based on clinical studies conducted within Intermountain Healthcare
Share tools that clinicians can use to improve patient outcomes
Describe Intermountain's strategies for addressing the developing managed care, provider-at-financial-risk, competitive health care delivery environment
Provide an opportunity for clinicians to participate in the formulation and implementation of Intermountain's clinical strategies
Develop team/group skills (clinical management methods) to help clinicians play a more direct and effective role in the development and implementation of Intermountain's clinical systems
Explore how quality improvement methods can build a foundation for integrated clinical research and ongoing professional learning

Goals:

To provide current and continually updated information to clinicians for the purpose of maintaining and expanding their cognitive and technical skills
To improve the quality and efficiency of patient care
To provide cost effective practice patterns with the appropriate utilization of facilities and resources
To provide a framework for appropriate ethical and moral medical decision-making

Accreditation

Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education is accredited by Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Intermountain Healthcare CME adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and, disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity.
Disclosure has been made by the faculty and is available behind each presenter's reference material. We are recommending the use of patient treatment plans, not individual products that may be used in patient treatment.
Intermountain Healthcare CME fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant of this program is in need of accommodation, please do not hesitate to call and/or write to the CME office in order to receive service. A request for accommodation can be made by calling (801) 442-3930. Reasonable prior notice is required.
Sponsored by Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education

AAFP

AAFP recognizes educational content based on information from evidence-based sources as value-added CME. Increased credit is pending for the evidence-based CME presentations in this activity and will be confirmed to learners at the event.

Course Schedule
The course is a two-day session which is held on Thursday & Friday and begins at 8:00 a.m. with a continental breakfast, followed by presentations at 8:30 a.m. Sessions conclude each day at 5:00 p.m. This course has been constructed to help build a common framework for coordinated clinical practice improvement within the Intermountain Healthcare System.

The following schedule indicates the dates the course is offered. Session dates are subject to change. Please call 801/442.3592 for additional information.

Location
Training sessions will be held at Intermountain's Corporate Offices, 36 South State Street (Key Bank Tower, formerly Beneficial Life Tower), 16th Floor, in downtown Salt Lake City.

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