The 2004 strategic plan of the American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE) identified quality of care as a key topic that AAMSE should address on behalf of its members. In response, AAMSE’s Council on Health Care Policy developed and conducted an Expert Summit on the Quality of Patient Care as an initial step in this effort.

The success of Summit I and the fast pace of activities in the quality arena
spurred AAMSE to develop two more Expert Summits in relatively rapid succession.

The names and dates of all three summits were:

• Summit I: Quality of Patient Care, Washington, DC; October 21-23, 2004.
• Summit II: Quality Renaissance: Our Leadership Role, Washington, DC; October 13-14, 2006.
• Summit III: The Knowledge to Lead, the Tools to Succeed, Chicago, IL; October 19-20, 2007.
  

This report is a general summary and synthesis of major findings and themes of the summits as well as future implications of the summits’ messages, including an update on more recent developments in the healthcare arena. Based upon the findings of this report, there are also general recommendations for medical societies to help their members succeed in the ongoing quality of care revolution.

AAMSE is grateful to the Physicians’ Foundation for Health Systems Excellence and the American Medical Association for their generous grants that made these summits possible.

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All individual presentations and materials from the three Expert Summits are available in the Management Library.