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IMQ Celebrates 10 Years
IMQ Celebrates 10 Years
[Posted
02/02/06]
CMA’s Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 20 with a special dinner attended by current and past chairs, members of IMQ’s Board of Directors, and leaders and surveyors from IMQ’s survey programs.
IMQ, a self-sustaining CMA subsidiary, was established in 1996 to be an innovative leader in improving the quality of care provided to patients by encouraging, developing, and implementing programs that effectively measure and improve the quality of health care. During the past 10 years, IMQ has been a forerunner in quality improvement and accreditation activities, including its acute care hospital survey program, ambulatory care survey program, detention and corrections survey program, CME accreditation and certification programs, peer review and medical staff consultation programs, and educational seminars.
In its first 10 years, IMQ conducted a total of 2,994 accreditation surveys, 75 consultations, 88 educational seminars with 7,424 total attendees, presented 5,977 Category 1 CME hours, and issued 172,784 continuing medical education certificates. |
IMQ places a heavy emphasis on education, counseling, and direct involvement of practicing physicians in its survey and educational programs. That design makes it different from other quality organizations by helping to eliminate barriers that negatively impact physicians’ ability to provide patients with the highest-quality care.
Contact: Leslie Anne Iacopi, 415/882-5167 or liacopi@imq.org.
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