Eastern AHEC offers a broad range of education and outreach services in support of quality and practice improvement initiatives. Eastern AHEC is committed to helping transform the way healthcare is delivered. The services include assisting physicians and other healthcare providers in developing the tools, systems and support needed to provide consistently high quality care to all patients in support of improved health outcomes. We can assist providers in accomplishing all facets of a quality improvement project, including:

• Traditional educational activities
• Data collection and assessment
• Project implementation and training
• Outcomes measurement and evaluation

Category 1 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is available for participation in these practice-based learning and improvement initiatives. This innovative approach to CME allows physicians and their office staff to analyze processes of care and redesign practice specific mechanisms; to improve patient care without leaving the practice setting.

Quality Initiatives support and reflect state-of-the-art clinical process improvement methodology, the ACGME Clinical Core Competencies, and CME and selected maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements. Eastern AHEC's current structured initiatives include:

• Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP)

If you are interested and would like assistance in conducting a quality improvement project in your practice, please contact Dawn Enterline, Quality Improvement Consultant, at 252-744-2835.