Wolff UPMC Advanced Quality Education Series (AQES) 6.4.25

June 4, 2025

Target Audience

Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Physician
Physician Assistant

Learning Objectives

Objectives

  • Understand basic principles of data analysis and how they apply to the forms of data that come from health care systems.
  • Summarize and assess the health of a group of people and how it relates to understanding the importance of standardization and limitations of risk adjustment and prediction.
  • Discuss how to drive change with implementation science  
  • Identify project areas of weakness in terms of managing change  
  • Understand the 5 domains within the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and how it relates to assessing potential barriers and facilitators within project implementation
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
    • 3.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 3.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.00 Attendance
    • 3.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
Course opens: 
06/03/2025
Course expires: 
06/27/2025
Event starts: 
06/04/2025 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
06/04/2025 - 12:00pm EDT

 

The agenda for Using Data to Enhance Your Performance and Outcomes is follows: 9-12 pm

 

Introduction – Stephanie

 

9:00 -10:00 am

Measurement of Health Outcomes & Observational Versus Experimental Studies

Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D., FAAAS, FAHA

Vice President of Clinical Analytics | UPMC Health Services Division

 

10:00 – 10:45 am

Maintaining the Gains - How to Interpret Data to Advance Quality

Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP

Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

Director, Public Health Dynamics Laboratory

University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

Professor of Medicine, Industrial Engineering, and Clinical and Translational Science

 

Break

10:55 am – 11:55 am

Practical Approaches to Measurement-Based Implementation

Shari Rogal, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Dissemination and Implementation Science Core

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Associate Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Clinical and Translational Science

Co-Director, Dissemination and Implementation Science Collaborative

Co-Director, IMPlementation and Community Translation (IMPaCT) Core

Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh

 

Wrap up – Stephanie

 

•    Construct an effective SMART aim statement that concisely describes the problem you are trying   
•    Understand how a driver diagram identifies drivers that impact aim achievement   
•    Complete a driver diagram to visually map out the theory of your change 
•    Define the two types of organizational change  
•    Describe features of evidence-based implementation  
•    Devise a plan to assess implementation success  

 

 

Disclaimer Statement

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

Virtual
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

 

Kevin E. Kip, Ph.D., FAAAS, FAHA

Vice President of Clinical Analytics | UPMC Health Services Division

 

Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP

Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

Director, Public Health Dynamics Laboratory

University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

Professor of Medicine, Industrial Engineering, and Clinical and Translational Science

 

Shari Rogal, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Dissemination and Implementation Science Core

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Associate Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Clinical and Translational Science

Co-Director, Dissemination and Implementation Science Collaborative

Co-Director, IMPlementation and Community Translation (IMPaCT) Core

Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh

 

 

Disclosure Statement: No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

 

 

Accreditation and credit designation

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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 healthcare team.

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.

 

Physician Assistant (AAPA)

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 3.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

 

Other Healthcare Professionals

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 3.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
    • 3.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 3.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.00 Attendance
    • 3.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
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