Standards and Guidelines for MOC Qualifying QI Initiatives Competency in QI/PI methods and the ability to measure and improve care is required of each ABMS Member Board certified physician participating in ABMS MOC. Qualifying initiatives are those which: B1. Have leadership and management at the initiative level that will ensure adherence to the participation criteria. B2. Address care the physician can influence in one or more of the six Institute of Medicine quality dimensions (safety, effectiveness, timeliness, equity, efficiency, and/or and one or more of the ACGME/ABMS competencies (Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Patient Care and Procedural Skills; Systems-based Practice; Medical Knowledge; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Professionalism). B3. Have specific, measurable, relevant, and time-appropriate aims for improvement. B4. Use appropriate, relevant, and evidence-based (when available) performance measures that include measurement at the appropriate unit of analysis (physician, clinic, care team, etc.) Use national measures when available. B5. Use a recognized, valid, established quality or performance improvement methodology. B6. Include appropriate prospective and repetitive data collection and reporting of performance data so that diplomates access, reflect on, and act upon the data at least three times during the course of their (including at baseline and at the conclusion of the activity) meaningful participation in a quality initiative designated for MOC Part IV. B7. Attempt or plan to translate or implement an improvement into routine care, or disseminate or spread and sustain an existing improvement into practice. B8. Possess sufficient and appropriate resources to develop, support and conclude the activity without real or perceived conflict of interest. Industry funding, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, support, or input cannot be used to suggest, determine or support content or content development. Industry funding or support may not be used for portfolio initiatives designed to increase the use of a single product produced by that industry entity. Activities may not be advertised, disseminated on, or linked to industry websites or other industry promotional materials. Portfolio QI initiative data (aggregate, de-identified, or diplomate level) must remain with the organizational portfolio sponsor. Diplomate level data, even if de-identified) may not be shared with an industry entity. If all the conditions in items a-c are met, funding from industry may be used to support the development, deployment and maintenance of registries used in Portfolio Program improvement activities.
Standards and Guidelines for MOC Qualifying QI Initiatives Competency in QI/PI methods and the ability to measure and improve care is required of each ABMS Member Board certified physician participating in ABMS MOC. Qualifying initiatives are those which: B1. Have leadership and management at the initiative level that will ensure adherence to the participation criteria. B2. Address care the physician can influence in one or more of the six Institute of Medicine quality dimensions (safety, effectiveness, timeliness, equity, efficiency, and/or and one or more of the ACGME/ABMS competencies (Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Patient Care and Procedural Skills; Systems-based Practice; Medical Knowledge; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Professionalism). B3. Have specific, measurable, relevant, and time-appropriate aims for improvement. B4. Use appropriate, relevant, and evidence-based (when available) performance measures that include measurement at the appropriate unit of analysis (physician, clinic, care team, etc.) Use national measures when available. B5. Use a recognized, valid, established quality or performance improvement methodology. B6. Include appropriate prospective and repetitive data collection and reporting of performance data so that diplomates access, reflect on, and act upon the data at least three times (including at baseline and at the conclusion of the activity) during the course of their meaningful participation in a quality initiative designated for MOC Part IV. B7. Attempt or plan to translate or implement an improvement into routine care, or disseminate or spread and sustain an existing improvement into practice. B8. Possess sufficient and appropriate resources to develop, support and conclude the activity without real or perceived conflict of interest. Industry funding, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, support, or input cannot be used to suggest, determine or support content or content development. Industry funding or support may not be used for portfolio initiatives designed to increase the use of a single product produced by that industry entity. Activities may not be advertised, disseminated on, or linked to industry websites or other industry promotional materials. Portfolio QI initiative data (aggregate, de-identified, or diplomate level) must remain with the organizational portfolio sponsor. Diplomate level data, even if de-identified) may not be shared with an industry entity. If all the conditions in items a-c are met, funding from industry may be used to support the development, deployment and maintenance of registries used in Portfolio Program improvement activities.