AMA Organized Medical Staff Section: 2016 AMA Annual Meeting highlights

The AMA Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS) held its 34th Annual Meeting June 9-11 in Chicago, with more than 100 OMSS representatives and guests in attendance. As part of its continuing dedication to educating medical staff leaders and other physicians on emerging issues in health care, the section hosted eight innovative and interactive education programs offering a total of 6.75 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit:

Linking EHR connectivity with data analytics: Providing value for physicians and patients in the transforming system.

Improving EHR usability and interoperability.

Tackling quality improvement through targeted solutions.

Preparing for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.

Integrated leadership for hospitals and health systems: Principles for success (co-sponsored with the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section; American Hospital Association; American Association for Physician Leadership; American Organization of Nurse Executives and American College of Healthcare Executives)

Developing medical staff leaders.

Peer review the right way: Correcting your medical staff bylaws.

Burning up, burning out, or burning brightly? (co-sponsored with the AMA Academic Physician Section and the AMA Senior Physician Section)

Physician employment: Key considerations

Education program presentations and related materials are available for download on the OMSS meeting Web page.

The OMSS assembly considered 19 items of busines...

Source: AMA Wire - June 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news