Physician membership in Acumentra Health

Physician membership enrollment form

Acumentra Health is a physician-led, nonprofit organization working to improve healthcare quality in the Pacific Northwest. Membership is free. By joining, physicians can have a voice, and a role:

• elect Acumentra Health's Board of Trustees—who decide Acumentra Health's direction in large-scale quality improvement projects and review for both Medicare and Medicaid
• direct participation as a physician reviewer or a collaborator in a quality improvement project

Both roles are optional.

Recent Acumentra Health projects for Oregon Medicare

Medical practice

• EHR Preventive Care Initiative: Assistance to primary care practices in using electronic health record systems for care management and data reporting

Home health care

• Support for national initiative to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations

Nursing homes

• Participation in national initiatives to improve transitional care and prevent pressure ulcers, and to reduce unnecessary use of restraints

Hospitals

• Medical & Surgical Care Initiative
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention
  • Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) to prevent post-surgical infections
  • Improvement in heart failure treatment
• Pressure ulcer prevention (nursing homes selected by Medicare, with nearby hospitals)
• 5 Million Lives: Statewide partner in national hospital safety initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

How to become a member

Membership in Acumentra Health is open to any licensed MD or DO who has a full or partial practice in Oregon.

To join, print the membership enrollment form, complete it, and mail it in (original signature is required).