Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program

Activity ID

Activity Weighting

Subcategory Name

Patient Safety and Practice Assessment

Activity Description

Completion of an accredited performance improvement continuing medical education program that addresses performance or quality improvement according to the following criteria:

• The activity must address a quality or safety gap that is supported by a needs assessment or problem analysis, or must support the completion of such a needs assessment as part of the activity;
• The activity must have specific, measurable aim(s) for improvement;
• The activity must include interventions intended to result in improvement;
• The activity must include data collection and analysis of performance data to assess the impact of the interventions; and
• The accredited program must define meaningful clinician participation in their activity, describe the mechanism for identifying clinicians who meet the requirements, and provide participant completion information.

Validation

Completion of an accredited performance improvement continuing medical education program that addresses performance or quality improvement

Suggested Documentation

Documentation that the activity addresses a quality or safety gap that is supported by a needs assessment or problem analysis, or must support the completion of such a needs assessment as part of the activity;

• The activity must have specific, measurable aim(s) for improvement;
• The activity must include interventions intended to result in improvement;
• The activity must include data collection and analysis of performance data to assess the impact of the interventions; and The accredited program must define meaningful clinician participation in their activity, describe the mechanism for identifying clinicians who meet the requirements and provide participant completion information.