The Colorado Medical Society is seeking volunteers to serve on a new committee that will have oversight of three of the new strategic goals adopted by the Board of Directors in 2011. The Committee on Physician Practice Evolution (CPPE) will play a major role in the development of CMS policy and implementation of strategic initiatives around these goals:

 

Physician Well Being - Ensure physicians thrive personally and professionally throughout their careers in an evolving health care system;

Health Care System Evolution - Health care system innovation will result in access to high quality, cost-effective care for patients and their communities; and

Turning Data into Intelligence - By owning, using and sharing data, physicians will both improve care and demonstrate their ability to provide high quality and cost-effective care.

 

Charge: The committee shall study issues related to the evolving health care system and how such changes affect the ability of physicians to deliver accessible, high quality, cost-effective patient care in an economically sustainable manner. Such issues shall include but not be limited to patient engagement, delivery system redesign, payment reform, physician wellness, health information technology, health information exchange, administrative simplification and the use of business and patient outcomes data to improve individual and system performance.

 

Physicians interested in serving on this committee should complete the questionnaire available here and return it via email to naftali_kramish@cms.org or via fax to 720-859-7509 by May 20, 2011. The first meeting of the committee will be in early June. If you have questions, please contact Chet Seward at chet_seward@cms.org or Marilyn Rissmiller at marilyn_rissmiller@cms.org. 

2.  Advanced physician leadership program - apply today!

Colorado Medical Society (CMS) and the Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership are now accepting applications for the Advanced Physician Leadership Program. The program is designed specifically for doctors that are interested in building their skill sets with state of the art leadership science, delivered by a team of nationally renown experts. If you are interested in growing your leadership potential, staying at the forefront of the health care system, and serving as a champion to ensure that patients get the appropriate care they need, then this is the program for you.      

  

The Advanced Physician Leadership Program is a free program supported by a grant from The Colorado Trust. During this yearlong training program (four Friday-Sunday afternoon sessions) physician participants will acquire the tools to effectively influence others on health care issues.

 

A competitive selection process will be used to select 40 physician participants, so click here to learn more and to apply today.

If you have questions, please contact Chet Seward in the CMS offices at chet_seward@cms.org.

3.  Register for EHR Selection Summit  May 20-21 in Lakewood 

To help physicians across Colorado gain practical information about certified EHR technologies, CORHIO and the Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) are hosting an EHR Selection Summit May 20-21.

 

The Summit will provide physicians with the ability to participate in EHR demonstrations using clinical scenarios, such as complex patients with multiple chronic conditions, new patients and patients requiring proactive care management. The demonstrations aim to better equip clinicians to assess EHR products as they consider the option of working with a vendor.

 

The Summit will be held at the Denver Marriott West in Golden. There is a registration fee of $40 per practice for up to 4 attendees and $15 for each additional attendee.  

 

For more information and to register, click here.