title: Enhancing quality improvements in cancer care through CME activities at a nationally recognized cancer center.
abstract: Changing healthcare policy will undoubtedly affect the healthcare environment in which providers function. The current Fee for Service reimbursement model will be replaced by Value-Based Purchasing, where higher quality and more efficient care will be emphasized. Because of this, large healthcare organizations and individual providers must adapt to incorporate performance outcomes into patient care. Here, we present a Continuing Medical Education (CME)-based initiative at the City of Hope National Cancer Center that we believe can serve as a model for using CME as a value added component to achieving such a goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 90509, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendelsohn
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kagan
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.forename: Lucille
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leong
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education*; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends