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Provided in collaboration with Oncology Today™, this AMA-standardized, 3-stage initiative will help you evaluate and improve your clinical processes according to board-specific competencies within colorectal cancer (CRC) care. PI CME has been recognized as an important component of a physician's continuing professional development. PI CME, the AMA performance improvement CME model, may answer multiple credentialing and reporting needs for physicians.

At any time while participating in this initiative, you can contact a Med-IQ concierge professional who can explain the service and initiative, provide reminders, and share tips to help you progress through the various stages of performance improvement.

Med-IQ concierge professionals are available to help via telephone at (toll-free) 866 858 7434, fax at 866 419 5789, and e-mail at concierge@med-iq.com. Our goal is to make the process as convenient as possible for you.

Frequently Used Terms

Attestation: a brief form to be completed by participants to confirm that all, some, or none of the items included in their performance improvement plan(s) were implemented.

Benchmarks: areas of care based on recognized standards of practice; this initiative focuses on three benchmark areas: patient safety/supportive care, evidence-based surveillance, and evidence-based treatment.

Community of Practice Audioconferences: two live, 30-minute interactive audioconferences with expert faculty and peers. These audioconferences will address CRC process barriers and benchmarks for CRC treatment. Participants may submit questions in advance, or they may ask questions live on the phone to receive immediate answers from faculty.

Concierge: a service provided by Med-IQ to help make participation in performance improvement initiatives as convenient as possible for healthcare professionals. Participants can reach Med-IQ’s concierge professionals by phone at 866 858 7434, fax at 866 419 5789, and e-mail at concierge@med-iq.com.

Designee: a person appointed by the performance improvement participant to aid in the patient data collection process. A designee may or may not be a healthcare professional, as long as the person is familiar with the medical charts and medical terminology.

Improvement Plan(s): plan(s) developed by the performance improvement participant; the plan(s) should be brief but describe in detail the specific practice changes that the participant will implement to improve CRC patient care.

Implementation Guide: a practical guide for those participating in the performance improvement initiative; it offers targeted recommendations and practical suggestions, tips, tools, and forms that are specifically related to the measurable areas of care collected on the patient data forms.

Patient Data Form: a form that collects CRC data for each of the 10 patient charts selected by the performance improvement participant. A separate data collection form must be completed for each patient chart by the performance improvement participant or a designee. Data can be submitted on this Web site or via fax (toll-free)
to 866 419 5789.

Peers: other healthcare professionals participating in this performance improvement initiative.

PI CME: Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) was developed in 2005 by two American Medical Association (AMA)-convened national task forces. It was introduced as a nationally standardized CME format to help healthcare professionals evaluate and improve their clinical proceses and quality of care. PI CME has been recognized as an important component of a physician’s continuing professional development and may answer multiple credentialing and reporting needs for physicians.

Self-Assessment Form: a one-page, initial questionnaire regarding current practices. This form is to be completed as the first step in stage A and must be completed by the performance improvement participant, not a designee.

Privacy

Please be assured that your patient information is safe. We will not ask you to share any identifying information that would cause you to violate HIPAA privacy guidelines. All information submitted is confidential. Data may be presented anonymously and in aggregate, but no individual information will be shared externally.