There are three critical commitments to successfully participate in ImPower. Make sure to discuss these commitments with key decision makers.

• An organizational sponsor and a clinical leader to provide resources, support change management efforts and protect staff time to complete project work.
• An individual with quality improvement experience, or interest in learning quality improvement, to serve as the quality improvement coach and support the project team in the application of quality improvement concepts and tools.
• The capability to perform manual audits and report data throughout ImPower.

Then, download your application so that you can review and collaborate with organizational leadership on your responses.

Organizations can bring a single project through one of the ImPower improvement collaboratives for a fee of $6,000.

Every third project will be discounted at a rate of $3,000.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. Recognize how the topic of your Learning Network collaborative contributes to the outcomes of patients at risk for cancer.
2. Explain how to use quality improvement tools to identify problem area(s) and target area(s) for improvement in your cancer screening and imaging practices related to the topic of your collaborative.
3. Demonstrate the ability to conduct intervention(s) and implement improvement(s) in your cancer screening and imaging practices.
4. Evaluate results to form a plan for either long-term sustainability of improved outcomes or new tactics to achieve improved outcomes.

There are three stages to an accredited PI-CME activity, as outlined below. Credit may be claimed after completion of Stage C. Each participant may receive up to a maximum of 20 credits per project.

Stage A: Baseline data review (5 credits)
Stage B: Educational intervention (5 credits)
Stage C: Post-intervention data review (10 credits)

1. To successfully complete the activity, the site must complete and submit all required project documentation including Team Roster, Project Charter, A3, Sustain Plan, and Graduation Presentation and claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
2. To claim credit for the activity, participants must contribute significantly to the project and be able to describe their role related to each stage as described in the credit-claiming instructions above. The participant must be named on the Team Roster at the start of the project.
3. Participants must opt in to receive credit by completing a survey by ImPower Program Session 1 which will be provided with the program materials.
4. After graduation presentations and upon receipt of all completed project documentation, project participants named on the Team Roster and who have opted in for CE will receive credit claiming instructions via email. All evaluations and credit claims must be completed within three months of graduation.

The following are key factors for successful participation in an improvement collaborative. Successful organizations have:

• Department leaders who are supportive of and willing to manage change.
• A team of engaged front-line staff and leaders to participate in the program and do project work.
• An improvement coach with quality improvement experience.
• An organizational sponsor to provide time and resources for the project.
• The capability to track and report data about improvement progress on a weekly basis and to perform manual image audits or report reviews as needed.
• Ability to commit to a six-month training program and to the personnel resources as described in the table below.
• A desire to join a community committed to improving and collaborating to create the best experience for your staff and patients.