FEATURE

Pay for Performance:
Latest Buzz in Quality Improvement

In the past few years, public reporting and pay-for-performance have emerged as promising mechanisms for quality improvement in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Peter Lindenauer and his colleagues, Drs. Michael Rothberg and Evan Benjamin, have published a study examining the effectiveness of pay for performancein the February 1st issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Continue...

NEWS

New Open Forums for Residents and Fellows Start in March
Part of New Initiatives to Enhance Resident & Fellow Feedback

April 5: Resident Open Forum | April 11: Fellow Open Forum

To help us better understand and respond to the needs of our residents and fellows, two new initiatives are being implemented by the Division of Academic Affairs and the Graduate Medical Education Committee. These initiatives are part of our ACGME institutional requirement to provide suitable mechanisms for residents and fellows to provide feedback and bring forth their concerns about the workplace and their training programs. They replace the “Resident Advisory Council,” which has been discontinued. Continue...

Dynamic New Educational Tool Available for Faculty

Gameshow Pro 3, educational software you can use to produce a fun, interactive learning tool customized to your audience, content, and objectives, is being made available to Baystate teaching faculty by Academic Affairs, Continuing Education and the Baystate Health Sciences Library. Continue...

A transcript of all of your Baystate-sponsored continuing education programs is maintained by the Office of Continuing Education and you can access it online. There is no charge for this service, and it is quick and easy to use. Continue...