Comments for Conversations In CME with Floyd Pennington

Comment on A Call for a Standard Approach to PI CME by Floyd Pennington

Floyd Pennington — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:45:16 +0000

Let me suggest two books. The first is “Understanding A3 Thinking” authored by Durward Sobek and Art Smalley. The second is “The Quality Tool Box” by Nancy Tague. The Sobek book suggest a systematic approach to problem solving used by Toyota that is being adopted by a number of healthcare settings around the country. The second is a resource book that includes about every quality tool you could ever want. A colleague and I have developed a 1 1/2 day training for people interested in learning A3 approach. Hope this helps.

Comment on A Call for a Standard Approach to PI CME by Beth Gaines

Beth Gaines — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:00:43 +0000

We are quality management nurses at a community hospital just starting to incorporate quality and performance improvement in our CME program for our physicians and residents. We are looking for tools to help us get started. Could you recommend anything?

Comment on A Call for a Standard Approach to PI CME by Do we need a standard approach to PI CME? | Capsules

Do we need a standard approach to PI CME? | Capsules — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:06:28 +0000

[...] Pennington thinks so. Read his thoughts on what a nationally accepted standard for the implementation of performance improvement CME initiatives could look [...]