ACCMERulesImproves Healthcare Quality

Rule

Improves Healthcare Quality

The provider demonstrates healthcare quality improvement.

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About the Rule

Rationale

CME has an essential role in healthcare quality improvement. This criterion recognizes providers that demonstrate that their CME program contributes to improvements in processes of care or system performance.

Critical Elements

  • Collaborates in the process of healthcare quality improvement AND
  • Demonstrates improvement in healthcare quality

The Standard

  • Demonstrate healthcare quality improvement related to the CME program twice during the accreditation term.

Key Concepts and Definitions

Definition: Healthcare quality improvement

Improvements in clinical care processes or systems.

Key Concept: Identifying healthcare quality measures to meet the expectations of “Improves Healthcare Quality”

The provider can use quality measures that are validated by outside sources and/or measures that are appropriate and important to their own setting.