The Association of Hospital Medical Education was awarded a grant from Pfizer to support PI-CME initiatives. Each grantee was required to identify professional practice gaps in their local area and provide needs assessment data to justify their proposal. Each organization identified its own clinical area of concern.  This information formed the basis for developing local PI-CME activities.  

The Physician’s Institute for Excellence in Medicine is managing the AHME initiative in addition to providing performance improvement training, resources, and educational design assistance.

Grant applications were awarded in March 2010 to 16 organizations. Grantees have approximately 12 months to complete their projects.

AHME PI-CME Grant recipients include:

•  AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in New Jersey
•  Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin
•  Bayfront Medical Center in Florida
•  Carle Foundation Hospital in Illinois
•  Mount Carmel Health System in Ohio
•  Munson Medical Center in Michigan
•  Northwest Research & Education Center in Montana
•  USC School of Medicine - Palmetto Health Richland CME Organization in South Carolina
•  Riverside Regional Medical Center in Virginia
•  Sinai Hospital of Greater Detroit, Detroit Medical Center in Michigan
•  Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System South Carolina
•  St Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma
•  St. John Hospital in Michigan
•  Swedish Medical Center in Washington
•  Center for Continuing Education/University of Nebraska Medical Center in Nebraska
•  University Hospital/University of Cincinnati in Ohio

If you are a grantee and have any questions regarding the project, please contact the Project Manager, Susan Reichman at cmeresource@bellsouth.net .