The ACR is partnering with CMS, the AQA Alliance (formerly known as the Ambulatory care Quality Alliance), the National Quality Forum, the AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and other organizations to further the quality movement in rheumatology.
On September 20, 2007, the ACR convened the second Rheumatology Quality Stakeholders Summit including speakers and attendees from government, medical, insurance, quality and patient advocacy organizations, to 1) demonstrate the ACR’s leadership and desire to collaborate productively; 2) learn how other organizations are pursuing quality goals and the impact on rheumatology; and 3) determine how all groups could work together to prevent duplication of resources and move quality ahead in rheumatologic care. The meeting was considered by participants to be successful in terms of advancing a comprehensive dialogue among all rheumatology quality stakeholder groups.
- Review 2007 Summit Agenda and Speaker PowerPoint Presentations
- Read the 2007 Stakeholders Summit article from the December issue of The Rheumatologist
- Report for September 20, 2007 Rheumatology Quality Stakeholders Summit, Washington, DC
- Report for August 2, 2006 Rheumatology Quality Stakeholders Summit, Washington, DC
Groups interested in discussing possible quality-related collaborative activities with the ACR should contact .
Other Groups
- AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2946.html)
- America ’s Health Insurance Plans (www.ahip.org)
- American Board of Internal Medicine (www.abim.org)
- American College of Physicians (www.acponline.org)
- AQA Alliance (www.ambulatoryqualityalliance.org)
- Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org)
- Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (www.cdc.gov/arthritis)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (www.cms.hhs.gov/)
- European League Against Rheumatism (www.eular.org)
- Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov/cder)
- International League of Associations for Rheumatology (www.ilar.org/)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (www.nhtsa.gov)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (www.niams.nih.gov)
- National Quality Forum (www.qualityforum.org)
- North American Spine Society (www.spine.org)
- Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center (www.ohsu.edu)
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (www.oaaction.org)
- Outcome Measures in RA Clinical Trials (www.omeract.org)
