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Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) Foundation

Welcome to the PA Improving Performance In Practice Program (PA IPIP)

PA IPIP Residency Program Collaborative

This is a learning collaborative for family medicine residency programs with physician faculty taking the lead role in coaching, educating, and evaluating participating sites. We are the largest single-state residency collaborative in the United States.

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RPC Collaborative AIM Statement:

The Primary Care Residency Program Collaborative will work together to improve the care of patients and resident education via practice transformation.

RPC1 Focus for Year 2:

·         Achieve continuous improvement on diabetes and IVD process measures with the goal of at  least 70% for each measure. 

·         Achieve improvement in nationally recognized IPIP benchmarking standards for DM outcome measures, specific to A1C, blood pressure, and cholesterol control.

·         Conform to Patient –Centered Medical Home standards (as defined by organizations such as NCQA)

·         Enable residency programs to train resident physicians in practice transformation and evolving models of care delivery.

To see a complete list of measures, please see the Team Resources Folder.

RPC2 Focus for Year 1:

·         Achieve continuous improvement on diabetes process measures with the goal of at least 70% for each measure. 

·         Achieve improvement in nationally recognized IPIP benchmarking standards for DM outcome measures, specific to A1C, blood pressure, and cholesterol control.

·         Conform to Patient –Centered Medical Home standards (as defined by organizations such as NCQA)

·         Enable residency programs to train resident physicians in practice transformation and evolving models of care delivery.

To see a complete list of measures, please see the Team Resources Folder.  

Maintenance of Certification Part IV:

PA IPIP is an alternative activity for MOC Part IV for the American boards of family medicine and internal medicine. Participating physicians can receive credit for MOC Part IV after participating in the Residency Program Collaborative for one year and completing required activities.

AAFP CME credit:

This activity, PA IPIP Residency Program Collaborative, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 20 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins December 31, 2010. Term of approval is for two years from this date.

Physician Faculty

William Warning, MD
Collaborative Leader
Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program
1260 E. Woodland Ave., Suite 200
Springfield, PA  19064-3988&
William.Warning@crozer.org

George Valko, M.D.

The Gustave and Valla Amsterdam Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Vice-Chair for Clinical Programs, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Chief Medical Information Officer, Thomas Jefferson University
833 Chestnut East, Suite 301
Philadelphia, PA 19107
george.valko@jefferson.edu

Lee Radosh, MD
Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Suite 2120 DOB, 301 S 7th Ave.
Reading, PA 19611
RadoshL@readinghospital.org

Jorge J. Scheirer, MD
Medical Director, RPS Internal Medicine
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
301 S. Seventh Avenue
Reading, PA 19611
ScheirerJ@readinghospital.org

Richard A. Neill, MD
Chief, Department of Family Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
39th and Market Street - Box 131
Room 615 Andrew Mutch Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
richard.neill@uphs.upenn.edu

Linda Thomas-Hemak, MD
Program Director, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
thomasl@thewrightcenter.org

Tim Heilmann, MD
Associate Director, Williamsport Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency
Theilmann@susquehannahealth.org

Eric Gertner, MD
Associate Chief, External Programs, Division of General Internal Medicine at Lehigh Valley Health Network
Eric.gertner@lvhn.org