Continuing Medical Education and Quality Improvement: A Match Made in Heaven?

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Letters3 July 2012Continuing Medical Education and Quality Improvement: A Match Made in Heaven?Murray Kopelow, MD, MS (Comm)Murray Kopelow, MD, MS (Comm)From Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, IL 60654.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-1-201207030-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We applaud Shojania and colleagues (1) for recognizing that the integration of continuing medical education (CME) and quality improvement (QI) offers the opportunity to improve the quality of health care overall. Their examples describe meaningful ways for CME providers to deliberately incorporate QI into their partnerships. We appreciate the recognition of best practices and the opportunity to learn and share effective strategies.Continuing medical education providers in the United States have been recognizing this correlation. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) released new requirements in 2006 (2) to reposition accredited CME as a strategic asset ...