This new data from BMJ Quality & Safety highlights the importance of the initiatives of the SCOPE program.
SCOPE will benefit Fellows and their patients.
The goals of SCOPE are to assist Fellows in assessing the implementation and use of patient safety concepts and techniques in their offices and to recognize those offices with strong patient safety practices. SCOPE may identify office processes that require improvement, and ACOG will provide assistance and education to make changes and enhance patient safety.
Lee Parsons, MD
Our group practice has been improving safety and quality with several projects over the last two decades. Due to the tyranny of the urgent needs of all the patients in front of us every day, we seemed to be stalled without moving forward. We knew that we should initiate procedural pauses (before office hysteroscopy/endometrial ablation) and performing some drills for potential emergencies.
Apr 29, 2013
This new data from BMJ Quality & Safety highlights the importance of the initiatives of the SCOPE program.
Feb 22, 2013
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new Patient Safety Education and Training Catalog that describes 333 patient safety programs currently available in the United States.
Jan 29, 2013
Patient safety is a team effort. Follow these steps and play an active role in your healthcare!
The SCOPE program is hitting the road! Program staff will be on site at the 2013 MGMA Obstetrics and Gynecology Program, April 21-23, in Chicago, IL. This conference is designed for OB/GYN management, group practice administrators, executives, physicians, nurses and business accounting professionals involved in managing obstetrics and gynecology groups. We encourage attendance by administrator/physician teams so that physicians and administrators can better support each other in undertaking the challenges presented by today’s changing healthcare systems. This is an excellent opportunity for you or any of your staff members to speak directly to SCOPE staff. Click here to learn more about the program and register.
Come join us at ACOG's 31st Annual Congressional Leadership Conference. SCOPE staff will be on site to answer questions you may have about the program and having your office become SCOPE Certified. More than 300 ob-gyns will storm Capitol Hill on March 3–5 to advocate for women’s health during the CLC. Learn more here, and stay updated throughout the conference on Twitter using hashtag #acogclc13
Join us in Washington, DC, April 4-6, 2013, for the highly successful Quality and Safety for Leaders in Women's Health Care postgraduate course.This course is designed to provide leadership tools for current and future physician leaders in hospital departments of obstetrics and gynecology, managed care organizations, or private practice settings. There will be specific emphasis on methodologies to enhance patient safety through prevention, interception and mitigation of medical errors. All major aspects regarding the structure and operation of departmental quality assessment and quality improvement functions are addressed. The course is also appropriate for physicians and other providers who want to enhance their management and performance improvement skills. This course is highly interactive, and will include an opportunity to bring safety and quality related problems from home for discussion with the faculty and attendees. Click here to learn more about this program and register for the course.
