AAFP Podcasts: CME
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) CME is designed to help family physicians and other health professionals improve the care and service they offer their patients while increasing the vitality and efficiency of the settings in which they practice.

• Electronic Health Record
  Cumbersome paper medical records are giving way to efficient electronic medical records (EMRs). This presentation details reasons for implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system. It also discusses the implementation process, including needs assessment, and hardware and software considerations.
• Claim CME Credit for the EHR Presentation
  
• Group Medical Appointments
  Group medical appointments can help family physicians attend to quality-of-life issues, provide patient education and serve an aging population with complex medical needs. This presentation includes information about the two basic models for group visits and provides tips on implementing group visits in a family medicine practice.
• Claim CME Credit for the Group Medical Appointment Presentation
  
• Guidelines in Quality & Pay for Performance
  This presentation discusses three key elements of quality care—evidence, clinical practice guidelines and performance measures—and the limitations of using each in "real practice." It also describes how pay-for-performance can improve the quality of medical care in spite of its limitations.
• Claim CME Credit for the Guidelines Presentation
  
• How Does Your Practice Measure Up?
  This presentation explains the basics of clinical performance measurement. It describes office routines and systems that family physicians may need in the future to ensure enhanced payment. It also discusses the use of objective tools for evaluating processes and performance in a family medicine office.
• Claim CME Credit for the Performance Measurement Presentation
  
• Caring for the Patient with Multiple Chronic Diseases
  This presentation discusses clinical practice guidelines. It analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, and shows how their use can either aid or impede family physicians.
• Claim CME Credit for the Patient with Multiple Chronic Diseases Presentation
  
• Systematic Care for Better Chronic Illness Management
  Optimal management of chronic illness improves patient care and efficiency in the family medicine office. This presentation explains how to identify areas for improvement in your practice and describes how to implement a systematic approach to chronic illness care.
• Claim CME Credit for the Systematic Care Presentation
  
• Overcoming Barriers to Better Fitness
  This CME program from the American Academy of Family Physicians covers: 1) Evidence-based strategies to overcome patient resistance to healthy lifestyle changes. 2) Strategies for overcoming time constraints to addressing overweight and obesity. 3) Maximizing reimbursement for treatment and management of conditions related to overweight and obesity. Earn up to 2 Prescribed CME credits. To take the quiz, visit http://www.aafp.org/aim/podcast/