QUALITY ASSURANCE AND UTILIZATION REVIEW Position Paper of the AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
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چکیده
Effective quality assurance actfvftfes that improve the delivery of health services to the publfc are of particular concern to the American College of Physicians. The College is committed to mafntafnfng hfgh standards of quality in the delivery of health services and believes that quality assurance mechanisms can be an effective means for achieving this goal. Some of the College's efforts to ensure high qualfty medical care are its continuing medical education programs, including postgraduate courses, regional meetings, the Annual Session, and the Medical Knowledge SelfAssessment Program (MKSAP); and the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Project (CEAP), to name a few.
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