Abstract
The American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) represents medical quality professional leaders from health systems, academia, public health, health care payers, life sciences, government, and other health care settings across the United States and internationally.
Our Mission
The mission of the ACMQ is to provide leadership and education to the field of health care quality management. ACMQ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded 47 years ago in 1973.
Our Vision
ACMQ is the organization for health care professionals responsible for providing leadership in quality and safety outcomes, who want or need the tools, experience, and expertise to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
Our Values
To educate and provide a forum for health care professionals, government agencies, and other regulatory bodies involved in medical quality management
To provide a core body of knowledge to health care professionals in the field of medical quality management
To elevate the standards of medical schools and postgraduate education in medical quality management
To conduct, sponsor, and publish ongoing research and other scholarly evaluation in the various fields of medical quality
Our Objectives for Advancing the Field of Medical Quality
Professional Education and Career Development
Scholarship
Thought Leadership
Expertise and Experience
Advocacy
Certification in Medical Quality (through the American Board of Medical Quality)
The Value of ACMQ Membership
Membership includes the following:
Support of and participation in ACMQ’s annual “Medical Quality” meetings (In Person and Virtual).
Direct access to ACMQ Members who are nationally recognized experts and opinion leaders in the field of healthcare quality and safety.
Publication opportunities in the American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ), including sponsorship and hosting of special AJMQ supplements.
Direct access to the National Quality Forum (NQF) through ACMQ (an active member of NQF, with several nationally recognized ACMQ quality experts who sit on key NQF Committees and Technical Expert Panels). ACMQ is also an active and contributing member of the National Quality Partners (NQP).
Input to the American Medical Association (AMA) through ACMQ, the only medical specialty society for practitioners of medical quality management recognized with a seat in the AMA House of Delegates.
Virtual and On-Demand Educational and Thought Leadership Events (eg, ACMQ’s recent Virtual Medical Quality 2020).
ACMQ’s internationally known “QI Bootcamp” for early- and mid-career Healthcare Quality Professionals and Candidates for ABMQ’s (American Board of Medical Quality) CMQ Examination (Virtual and for Regional Live events).
Access to Live Virtual Events sponsored by ACMQ Partner Organizations (eg, NQF, NQP, AMA House of Delegates, ACMQ Sponsors, and the Jefferson College of Population Health).
Special Live and On-Demand events highlighting key AJMQ authors’ presentations, interviews, podcasts, etc (also coming in 2021 is the AJMQ Journal Club).
Special programs targeting Virtual and Live Professional Development and Education events for the ACMQ Student, Resident and Fellow Section (SRF) and Early Career members (eg, ACMQ Quality Scholars).
Customized In-Person and Virtual events ACMQ’s Organizational and Special domestic and international members (eg, SEHA).
Scheduled and “Pop Up” one-hour presentations from nationally recognized ACMQ members and other key thought leaders in the field of health care quality and patient safety.
Special mentoring, quality improvement research, and career development opportunities for medical and health science graduate students, medical residents and fellows in training, and clinicians in the early stages of their professional careers. This includes the opportunity to participate in scholarly publications in AJMQ and other journals focused on health care quality.
ACMQ Board of Trustees
Special thanks to the ACMQ Board for their support and commitment to “Our College”.
Mary Cooper, Member Engagement & Education Committee (ME&EC)
Angelo Giardino, Chair, ACMQ Publications Committee
Aline Holmes, Chair, ME&EC, Membership & Marketing (M&M)
Christopher Jackson, Chair, ACMQ Student/Resident/Fellow (SRF) Section, ME&EC, M&M
Michael Jin, Past Chair, ACMQ SRF Section, M&M
Cindy Lee, M&M, Emerging Leaders Council
Philip Parks, MQ 2020 Steering Committee, Industry Liaison/Sponsors’ Council
Lee Ann Riesenberg, ME&EC, Publications Committee
ACMQ Executive Committee
Don Casey, President, M&M, Executive Sponsor for MQ 2020 AMA Delegate
Dan Westphal, MQ 2020 Steering Committee, ME&EC, ABMQ Board, Secretary
John Vigorita, Treasurer, Publication Committee
ACMQ Welcomes Affinity Strategies
ACMQ is pleased to announce that the College is now partnering with Chicago-based Affinity Strategies as its association management company. Affinity Strategies has over 25 years of experience managing state, national, and international health care professional nonprofit associations. Affinity provides customized services to improve operations, member engagement, and marketing. Affinity is known for combining an entrepreneurial approach with proven tactics to help clients achieve their strategic priorities.
Affinity Strategies was founded by CEO, Elizabeth Schumacher, JD, aka “Liz.” Prior to starting Affinity Strategies, Liz was Executive Director of LUGPA, a national urology subspecialty association with over 2400 members. As a senior legislative attorney for the American Medical Association, Liz managed nationwide health insurance public policy development and Affordable Care Act rulemaking. While at Pfizer, Liz developed and implemented strategic stakeholder engagement on key issues, including specialty tiers, access to medications, biologics, and Medicare. Liz began her career at age 26 at the University of Wisconsin, where she was responsible for the third largest academic medical research budget in the United States.
ACMQ’s new Executive Director is Amy Thomasson. She has extensive experience in marketing and communications, membership development, and volunteer engagement, working in a variety of business environments ranging from Fortune 500 to professional associations. She most recently served as Marketing Director at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, a 10 000-member medical society. Amy is incredibly passionate about volunteerism within the association and nonprofit community, and serves on the Board of Directors for EverThrive Illinois, a community health nonprofit working to improve the health and wellbeing of women, children, and families throughout Illinois.
For more information on ACMQ Membership or any other ACMQ matters, visit https://acmq.org/page/Membership or contact Amy Thomasson (ACMQ Executive Director) at