Diabetes Care
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Closing the Gap: Diabetes Care is a team-based QI program aimed at identifying and addressing gaps in diabetes knowledge and practice among physicians and their staff members to ultimately improve the care of patients who suffer from diabetes care.
Core elements:
- A Web-based educational program that offers the entire practice team the opportunity to implement QI plans through practice measurement of diabetic patients
- Development of tools to assist with implementation of team-based QI plans
- Collection of data completed through the Internet and real-time data reports available following submission
Educational Objectives
- Identify barriers to and practice gaps in diabetes care
- Help physicians analyze their practice patterns
- Increase awareness diabetes care recommendations
- Teach team-based systems change and the chronic care model for improving quality of care as well as coaching from expert faculty
- Help practices achieve quantifiable improvement in diabetes care
CME and MOC Credit
Physician participants in this program will qualify for offers up to 38 CME credits. Physicians also qualify for ABIM's Part 4 MOC and possible qualification for the NCQA Heart Stroke Recognition Award.
Recruitment
Both ACP members and non ACP members are eligible to participate. For more information about this project, please contact Cara Reynolds at 215-351-2848 or creynolds@acponline.org or email: acpqi@acponline.org.
Accreditation
The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Physicians designates this PI CME activity for a maximum of 38 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved through the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) Pathway and is eligible for 20 points towards the Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance requirement of Maintenance of Certification (MOC).
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