CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Description:

This two day session has been tailored for Physicians and senior healthcare executives who are involved in creating strategic action plans for physician success. Based on the largest and longest-running study of best practice physician benchmarks, participants learn the critical strategies that facilitate excellence. In today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment it is critical to explore concepts and practices for developing a productive, patient-focused organization.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, the physician and executive should be able to:

1. Create a strategic framework and action plan for reengineering a care model that will exceed physician, patient and staff expectations.
2. Identify challenges and obstacles that confront physicians as they create a positive physician culture.
3. Discuss a proven process to effect successful change in a physician organization.
4. Explore Best Practices for use as strategies in developing Centers of Excellence.

Target Audience: This course is specifically for CEO’s, CFO’s, CMO’s, Senior Vice Presidents of physician strategy, and board members. Key physician leaders in primary and specialty care groups will also benefit from course content. In addition physicians with any leadership role for a system, hospital, academic medical centers, physician-hospital organizations and managed services organizations will gain valuable information.

Teaching Methods:

The teaching methods for this module include didactic presentations enhanced with enhanced audio visual presentations, audience discussion and questions and answers. An interactive workbook is used to facilitate the process.

Continuing Medical Education Credit Accreditation:

Pfiedler Enterprises is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

Pfiedler Enterprises designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 category I credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually spent in the activity.

Faculty:

Greg Korneluk, chairman and Brita Hess, president, International Council for Quality Care faculty present Practice Success Strategies.

Korneluk has implemented strategies and systems used in the most successful practices, physician multi-specialty groups and academic medical centers for more than two decades. His is considered a leading authority on physician quality at the point of service, as well as an internationally recognized consultant, lecturer and writer. His is the nation’s leading expert on physician success.

Brita Hess, an internationally known speaker, consultant and author, specializes in implementing quality-based excellence systems. She has more than 25 years experience with a specialty in designing and installing systems for positive change, continuous improvement and quality-based expert system programs that improve the bottom line.

Faculty Disclosure Information:

Faculty participating in this continuing medical education activity sponsored by Pfiedler Enterprises is expected to disclosure to the audience any real or apparent financial affiliations related to the content of their presentations. Detailed disclosure appears below and will also be made verbally prior to the faculty presentation at the live event.

1. Have you (or your spouse/partner) had any personal financial relationship in the last 12 months with the manufacturer of the products or services that will be presented in this CME activity (planner) or in your presentation (speaker/author)?
2. Type of affiliation/financial interest with name of corporate organization.
3. Will your presentation include discussion of any off-label or investigational drug or medical device?

Course Content:

1. Creating your strategic framework and action plan to address physician challenges.
2. Reengineering your care design model for optimal care.
3. How to create a Model Practice that exceeds physician, patient and staff expectations.
4. Understanding the challenges and obstacles physicians face with integration.
5. Waling the cost/quality tightrope.
6. Creating a positive physician culture.
7. The best process to effect successful change in a physician organization
8. Best Practices strategies to create Centers of Excellence.