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HQI Demonstration Project: An Overview of Departmental Quality Incentives
To identify specific quality measures in departments of internal medicine, this article—the third in a series—focuses on the Hospital Quality Initiative (HQI) Demonstration Project sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Premier. Premier is an alliance of not-for-profit hospitals and health care systems that
“helps health care organizations achieve high levels of clinical quality and financial performance” (1).
ABIM Releases Practice Assessment Tools for Use in Residencies, Fellowships
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has released three of the practice improvement modules (PIMs) initially developed for use in the maintenance of certification (MoC) program for implementation in residencies and fellowships. The public release of these PIMs comes 12 months into a successful feasibility study that has shown the PIMs can be used in a number of differently structured residency programs.
ASP Announces Availability of Applications for the 2006 T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program
The Association of Subspecialty Professors (ASP) is pleased to announce the availability of applications for the 2006 T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program.
ASP Announces 2005 T. Franklin Williams Scholars
The Association of Subspecialty Professors (ASP) is pleased to announce the fourth class of T. Franklin Williams Scholars.
ASP Awards Grants to Fund Geriatrics Projects in Internal Medicine Subspecialty Societies
The Association of Subspecialty Professors (ASP) has awarded five grants of $20,000 each to support projects that foster the integration of the care of elderly patients within internal medicine subspecialty societies.
Four New Subspecialties Begin Using ERAS Fellowships this Fall to Fill July 2007 Slots
Following a successful first year of implementing the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Fellowships in infectious diseases and rheumatology and a successful second year with pulmonary/critical care medicine fellowship programs in four additional subspecialties will start with the system this fall. Cardiology, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, and nephrology have all joined the electronic application system residents use to apply for fellowships.
New VA Pay System Set for January 2006 Start
In late fall 2004, President George Bush signed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Personnel Enhancement
Act of 2004 (PL 108-445). The legislation effectively mandated the wholesale replacement of the current VA physician payment system by early January 2006.
APDIM Completes Geriatrics Subcontract, Starts Designing New Initiative
The Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) has completed the project entitled, “Training for Excellence in the Care of Older Americans.” Funded by a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF), through a
subcontract from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the goal of the project was to assess the quality of internal medicine residency training in geriatrics from the perspective of both program directors and residents as well as engage leaders in the field in a process to improve residents’ preparation to care for elderly patients.
Flowcharts: A Quality Improvement Tool
A flowchart is a powerful process analysis tool used in operations management for quality improvement efforts. Flowcharts provide a visual representation of a process. A flowchart facilitates understanding of how and why the process works, how effective it is, and how it might be improved.
Research Curricula in Internal Medicine Training
Participation in some form of scholarly activity has been a requirement for internal medicine residency training since 1994. The specifics of this activity can vary from hypothesis-driven research to review of clinical topics. Scholarly productivity by residents and fellows is perceived as a marker of a program’s academic rigor as evidenced by its promotion on residency websites across the country.
Quadrad Meeting a Successful Start: Groups Explore Continuum of Meeting Competencies from Residency through Maintenance of Certification
Representatives of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the Residency Review Committees (RRCs) of the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), program directors organizations, and residents met May 16, 2005, to discuss assessing the ACGME general competencies. The overall purpose of the meeting was to develop strategies whereby residency program directors can assess the achievement of the competencies by their residents and foster their
maintenance in practice.
Identifying the Resident at Risk for Sleep Deprivation
Identifying the resident at risk for sleep deprivation is particularly difficult because both lifestyle and physiologic factors can be responsible.
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