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At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Explain the public policy context for quality and safety in hospitals.
Provide an overview of key federal quality and safety programs affecting hospitals and health systems, including those from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Discuss overall challenges and trends for quality and safety policy.
Faculty Includes:
Akinluwa Demehin, MPH
Senior Director, Quality & Patient Safety Policy - American Hospital Association
About the Authors
Members of the CME Committee, Planners, and Faculty have disclosed to ABQAURP any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. No relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest exist in regard to the content of this online activity.
ACCREDITATION & CREDIT
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ABQAURP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1 contact hour through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.
This program is approved for Category 2 credit by the American Osteopathic Association.
This activity is valid from January 3, 2024, through October 19, 2026.
Original release date: October 20, 2023.
This session was recorded live at our 2023 Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference and is a portion of the online course entitled: Redesigning Care Through Service Excellence, Technology, and Disruptors. Courses may be taken individually to earn incremental CME/CE credits. However, if you plan on taking the full 7-hour course, you will not be able to claim credit for individual sessions.
Pricing:
Diplomate Members $31.00
Professional Members $37.00
Non Members $44.00
About this item
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Explain the public policy context for quality and safety in hospitals.
- Provide an overview of key federal quality and safety programs affecting hospitals and health systems, including those from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- Discuss overall challenges and trends for quality and safety policy.
Faculty Includes:
Akinluwa Demehin, MPH
Senior Director, Quality & Patient Safety Policy - American Hospital Association
About the Authors
Members of the CME Committee, Planners, and Faculty have disclosed to ABQAURP any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. No relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest exist in regard to the content of this online activity.
ACCREDITATION & CREDIT
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ABQAURP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1 contact hour through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.
This program is approved for Category 2 credit by the American Osteopathic Association.
This activity is valid from January 3, 2024, through October 19, 2026.
Original release date: October 20, 2023.
This session was recorded live at our 2023 Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference and is a portion of the online course entitled: Redesigning Care Through Service Excellence, Technology, and Disruptors. Courses may be taken individually to earn incremental CME/CE credits. However, if you plan on taking the full 7-hour course, you will not be able to claim credit for individual sessions.
Pricing:
Diplomate Members $31.00
Professional Members $37.00
Non Members $44.00
Course/Activity Information
This course is intended for Physicians of all specialties, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals with appropriate CME / CE credit offered for each profession.
All participants must achieve a final assessment score of at least seventy percent (70%) for recertification and continuing education credits. You have 60 days to complete the course after ordering.
This activity is valid from January 3, 2024, through October 19, 2026. Original release date: October 20, 2023.
About the Author:
Akinluwa (Akin) Demehin, MPH
Senior Director, Quality & Patient Safety Policy - American Hospital Association
Akin Demehin is senior director, quality and patient safety policy, at the American Hospital Association (AHA) in Washington, D.C. He leads public policy analysis, development and advocacy efforts related to quality and patient safety on behalf of the AHA’s nearly 5,000 member hospitals and health systems. Akin oversees the AHA’s response to policies related to national quality measurement and pay-for-performance programs for hospitals, physicians, and post-acute care providers. He also leads AHA’s regulatory policy development efforts related to the health care workforce and health equity.
Akin has held a variety of positions in health care policy and management. Before joining the AHA in 2012, Akin was administrative director of performance measures at the National Quality Forum (NQF) in Washington, D.C., a non-profit that endorses quality measures and advises the federal government on measure selection. Prior to NQF, he worked at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA, first as an MGH administrative fellow, and then as the first administrative director of the Edward P. Lawrence Center for Quality and Safety.
Akin holds a Master of Public Health in health policy and administration from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in history and science from Harvard College.
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Contact:Contact Education
- Training Hours: 1.00