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Amer­i­can Medical Foundation (AMF)
A NON PROFIT AGENCY FOR :
Aca­d­e­mic Hos­pi­tal Assistance
The only non– profit orga­ni­za­tion, expe­ri­enced in assist­ing with the unique prob­lems of aca­d­e­mic insti­tu­tions, such as com­plex attend­ing issues, spe­cialty cre­den­tial­ing and depart­ment reor­ga­ni­za­tion.
Res­i­dency Pro­gram Con­sul­ta­tion Coun­cil >
We can assist you in deter­min­ing the rea­sons behind any adverse actions pro­mul­gated by the ACGME

Foundation for Advanced Medical Education
• On-Site Physi­cian Education
• Pre­cep­tor Pro­grams
• Prac­ti­tioner Skill Assess­ment
• Cre­den­tial­ing Assis­tance
• FAME Grant Announce­ment
• Pub­li­ca­tions
• more…
Cur­rent News — Telementoring
AMF Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Eve­lyn Baram-Clothier, deliv­ered a Keynote Address to the Fed­er­a­tion of State Medical Boards 100th Anniver­sary Meet­ing on April 28, 2012. She pre­sented the Bryant Galusha Lec­ture on the ben­e­fits of Tele­men­tor­ing on Post Grad­u­ate Physi­cian Education, Patient Out­comes and Patient Safety.


Amer­i­can Medical Foundation Three-Tiered Approach

1. Our par­ent orga­ni­za­tion, the Amer­i­can Medical Foundation for Peer Review and Education, (AMF), pro­vides good faith physi­cian and medical staff peer review, spe­cialty depart­ment assess­ment, and fully inte­grated, entire hos­pi­tal quality-of care eval­u­a­tion for insti­tu­tions faced with qual­ity concerns.

2. If requested, the Foundation for Advanced Medical Education, (FAME), pro­vides effec­tive post peer review, on-site mon­i­tor­ing and proc­tor­ing of clin­i­cal prac­tice tech­niques, on-site education, and pre­cep­tor­ship pro­grams for train­ing physi­cians uti­liz­ing new medical devices, pro­ce­dures and other ther­a­peu­tic inter­ven­tions, and pro­vides assis­tance with credentialing.

Our Res­i­dency Pro­gram Con­sul­ta­tion Coun­cil (RPCC) will assist in deal­ing with adverse actions pro­mul­gated by the ACGME.

3. For insti­tu­tions need­ing addi­tional solu­tions to their prob­lems, we offer arbi­tra­tion, medi­a­tion, and expert hear­ing offi­cers. When requested, the Foundation will work with hos­pi­tal coun­sel to help avoid legal pit­falls and to assure due process for physi­cians involved in peer review and hearings.

Strate­gies for Success

We rec­og­nize that hos­pi­tals, physi­cian prac­tices, and other health care providers have lit­tle mar­gin for error when it comes to main­tain­ing high qual­ity stan­dards. Man­aged care com­pa­nies and other third party pay­ers insist that con­tract­ing prac­tices and insti­tu­tions demon­strate their quality-of-care. Mor­bid­ity and mor­tal­ity rates, for exam­ple, are prime con­sid­er­a­tions in the suc­cess of a health care insti­tu­tion. We pro­vide valu­able assis­tance to help hos­pi­tals demon­strate qual­ity and to deliver cost effec­tive qual­ity ser­vice peer review. Fol­low­ing the review, we offer a num­ber of edu­ca­tional options that can change physi­cian tech­niques and behav­ior in a pos­i­tive way. Our expe­ri­ence has been that the major­ity of peer reviews show a need for education, not puni­tive action.

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