PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Physician Impact Project Committee is to optimize patient care by implementing best practice processes and by improving and standardizing communication and physician education across participating member hospitals in accordance with accreditation and regulatory requirements in mutually agreed focus areas.

BACKGROUND:

Given the accreditation environment with the addition of many of the standards of compliance and National Patient Safety Goals that impact the hospital staffs, as well as the medical staffs, this committee has been proposed to assist in communication and education for the physicians of the community regarding these requirements. In addition, it would certainly be a best practice to achieve some element of standardization among the hospitals of the community, by jointly developing processes to achieve compliance with these accreditation and regulatory organizations.

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine focus areas regarding regulatory requirements and then communicate and educate the physicians in the community regarding those requirements.
• Review best practices and consider implementing similar process improvement approaches to aid the community physicians' compliance with these regulatory requirements.
• Hospitals and physicians of the community will work in a collaborative manner to develop education and communication processes to help make these resources more efficient and consistent.

For more information, please contact Dora Anim.