Maintenance of Certification and Quality Improvement for the Pediatric Primary Care Office (S2:E2)

Aug 14, 2018

Dan Hyman, MD, and Heather Howman join us today to discuss the four parts of the American Board of Pediatrics' Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Dr. Hyman is the Patient Safety Officer at Children's Colorado and Heather Howman is the MOC Program Manager at CU Medicine.

Listen in as they share their expertise on the MOC and quality improvement projects for the pediatric primary care office.

In this episode:

• What is MOC?
• Four parts of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for board-certified pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists
• Achieving the credits that you need to maintain your certification
• Choosing a quality improvement project for your office
• Turning quality improvement into a team effort
• The length of time to complete quality improvement projects
• Barriers in a private office setting for these kinds of projects
• Leveraging your EMR in your practice
• Resources and tools to use in part four of ABP's MOC program
• Consensus building strategies to use within your pediatric practice

The American Board of Pediatrics