Portfolio Program Sponsors Increase Physician Engagement and QI/PI Results

ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsors are experiencing increased participation from physicians and medical specialists and real progress in quality work that is mission critical to their organizations.

Practitioners have received credit for QI work in areas such as:

Reflections on the ABMS Portfolio Program Experience

Here are a few reflections and examples from ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsors about their experiences with the program and the continued value it is having within their organization.

View the ABMS Portfolio Program YouTube playlist for more reflections from Sponsor organizations.

Physicians Engage in ‘Passion’ Projects

A hallmark of the ABMS Portfolio Program, physicians are pursing meaningful quality improvement (QI) projects that align with their passions, contribute to better patient outcomes, and earn them continuing certification credit. Read more.

Nemours Children’s Supports QI Across Specialties

ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsor Nemours Children’s Health works to embed continuing certification credit into the work already being done, encourage cross campus collaboration in QI projects, and track the organization’s return on investment. Read more.

Sponsors Expand Portfolio Program’s Reach Through National Collaboratives

ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsor organizations are extending the reach of the program by engaging in national collaboratives with other health care systems to improve patient care on a national level. Read more.

Where QI Meets Continuing Certification and PI-CME

As an ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsor, the University of Utah Health Sciences Center was able to promote a culture of quality and safety throughout their organization and beyond. Read more.

Collaboratives Bring Portfolio Program Sponsors Together

Portfolio Program Sponsors are making strategic connections with other organizations to improve patient care on a national level. Learn how they improve HPV vaccination rates, post-operative pain management in the NICU, and maternal care in hospitals and birthing centers. Read more.

Strategies Engage Marshfield Clinic Health System Providers in QI Activities

Being a Portfolio Program Sponsor bolsters the quality of Marshfield Clinic Health System’s CME program. The clinic finds value in connecting quality outcomes in their patient population to their sponsored performance improvement continuing medical education (PI-CME) activities. Read more.

Gundersen Health System Takes on Childhood Vaccinations

Recognizing the influential role clinicians can play in encouraging caregivers to vaccinate children, the team at Gundersen Health System developed a QI project to improve and standardize the existing vaccination protocols by offering clinicians new tools and education. Read More.

Project Aims to Keep St. Jude Childhood Cancer Survivors Safe from Hepatitis B 

The After Completion of Therapy Team created a QI project that was submitted to the ABMS Portfolio Program focused on establishing protection against HBV infection among long-term survivors of childhood and adolescent cancers. Read more.