JKO DHA: Foundational Concepts for Entry-Level Clinical Quality Management (CQM) Professionals 2024
Clinical Quality Management (CQM) Professionals are those staff members whose role focus on patient safety, healthcare risk management, accreditation and compliance, credentialing and privileging, clinical quality improvement, and clinical measurement. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) designed this curriculum for new entry-level CQM professionals. Learners will discover how their CQM roles support both the Military Health System (MHS) Quadruple Aim and the goal of preventing patient harm.
Target Audience
This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dentists, dental hygienists and dental lab technicians. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.
*Requirement:
The learner must complete the activity and pass the posttest in JKO prior to claiming CE credit. (https://jko.jten.mil/). The Access Code to register for the course will be provided upon completion of the course in JKO*>
Learning Objectives
- Describe how the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA’s) mission supports our strategic goals and standards.
- Identify the Clinical Quality Management (CQM) policies and procedures that impact your role.
- Define guidelines regarding confidentiality of records, prohibition on disclosure and testimony, and transparency.
- Describe ways to engage patients to be proactive in their care as a highly reliable strategy for informed decision making.
- Explain your role as a CQM professional in basic infection prevention and control (IPC) practices.
- Describe the purpose of Credentialing and Privileging (CP) and its process.
- Describe the framework and principles of Healthcare Risk Management (HRM) including the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), guiding principles, and just culture.
- Discuss key standards related to the CQM programs.
- Summarize ways that clinicians and healthcare organizations are transparent with the public.
- Identify national quality databases, registries, and networks that MHS participates in.
- Describe how Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) is an integral part of the CQM framework.
- Explain the basic principles, methods, and tools of continuous process improvement (CPI)
- Define change management and its value to a change initiative.
Defense Health Agency Clinical Quality Management Education and Training Team. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Disclosure
DHA J-7 staff, Planning Committee Members and reviewers have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose. All faculty members have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.
Available Credit
- 14.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 14.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
- 14.00 ACPE-Pharm
UAN: JA4008136-0000-24-044-H05-P
No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 14.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity. - 14.00 ACPE-Tech
UAN: JA4008136-0000-24-044-H05-T
No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 14.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity. - 14.00 ADA CERP
DHA, J-7, CEPO is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education (CDE). ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.
DHA, J-7, CEPO designates this activity for 14.00 continuing education credits
- 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 14.00 ANCC
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 14.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 14.00 Attendance
- 14.00 IPCE
In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 14.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
For additional support, please contact CEPO at [email protected].