The CPV newsletter is BACK!
We know, it’s been almost a year since the last newsletter. But that doesn’t mean the CPV hasn’t been busy. In this edition we’ll share the round up of new faces who have joined, some new endeavors, and new focus. Our goal is to make this newsletter a meaningful connection between you, our readers, our work, and the work of the ABFM community. We are grateful for our many collaborators and welcome feedback.
New Faces.
The CPV has added three new members to the DC team.
Poonam Bal
Deputy Director, Clinical Measures
Poonam Bal joined the CPV Measures That Matter team as the new Clinical Measures Deputy Director prior to Denise Pavletic’s retirement in May. Poonam comes to the ABFM from the National Quality Forum (NQF) and brings extensive knowledge of measure endorsement and selection. She has already contributed greatly to improving the day-to-day management of MTM activities and has been instrumental in pivoting MTM’s adoption and implementation strategy.
Harry Pham
Research Data Analyst
Harry Pham joined the CPV team in July as a research data analyst. His research focuses on identifying structure in sequential data. Harry holds an MS in Mathematics of Information Security and is a native of the DMV (the DC metro area).
Emma Dorsch
Administrative Assistant
Emma Dorsch joined the CPV in September. Her background n event and meeting management, administrative assistance and communications is already serving the CPV well. She holds a BA from American University in Public relations and Strategic Communications, as well as Musical Theater.
Aerial Petty, DO
Aerial Petty, DO is the 2024-2025 CPV-GW Health Policy Research Fellow. She graduated from the New York Presbyterian- Columbia University Family Medicine Residency Program, where she served as Chief Resident, in 2024. In 2021, she received the Best Leadership Project Award for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Emerging Leaders Institute under the policy and public health track. The same year, she was also awarded a grant through the AAFP Resident Service Award for her community health project, titled “Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents in the Harlem Community.” In 2024, she was elected as the AAFP Resident Member to the Board.
Dr. Petty has served as a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Bureau on Federal Health Programs and also completed the AOA Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Program in 2024. Her policy project analyzed the relationship between housing inequity and healthcare outcomes in the United States. Her interests include health policy and advocacy, healthcare media, and graduate medical education with an emphasis on curriculum development, as well as social determinants of health, health disparities, mental health, language and cultural concordance, and housing inequity. When she’s not pursuing her love of health policy, she’s often exploring DC, enjoying afternoon tea, or trying to maintain her Duolingo streak.
PRIME Registry/CPV Retreat
February 2024
Members of the PRIME Registry team came to the DC offices in February to work on developing a better understanding of the mission, vision and purpose of both PRIME and CPV. The PRIME Registry continues to serve hundreds of practices across the country, reducing the burden of turning their clinic data into actionable quality and population health information. Collaborations with Stanford University and several federal agencies have let these data inform understanding of health and healthcare. They have also allowed the CPV to contribute to efforts to recognize the value of primary care and the need to invest more in its capacity to do what it does best. This incremental and growing success motivates the daily work of the PRIME team and the CPV.
NAACOS Networking Dinner
October 2024
The CPV hosted an informal networking dinner with the PRIME Registry during the fall National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) conference on October 17. While it was too chilly to hold the event on the rooftop, guests were still able to enjoy the views, and the 7th floor conference room served as a comfortable venue for conversation and connections.
Professionalism: Renaming or Reclaiming, ABMS meeting
September 2024
The CPV hosted an informal networking dinner with the PRIME Registry during the fall National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) conference on October 17. While it was too chilly to hold the event on the rooftop, guests were still able to enjoy the views, and the 7th floor conference room served as a comfortable venue for conversation and connections.
Research
The ABFM & CPV Research teams have had a banner year with more than 40 publications led or coauthored by staff, on topics including declining patient panel sizes, burnout from increased EMR work, gender pay disparities, caregiver support in underserved communities, the importance of data disaggregation, primary care spending transparency, and advancing continuity of care to improve healthcare outcomes. These include more than 30 resulting from research collaborations. We completed our three year research effort with CDC which used the PRIME Registry American Family Cohort (AFC) data to study several national phenomena related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stanford University’s Center for Population Health Sciences enabled many of these and is leading another series of AFC studies in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration, most focused on treatment equity.
Our collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (formerly Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) has produced more than eight publications and a decision to use ABFM Diplomate Continuous Certification Questionnaire data as a key source of policy monitoring related to EHR satisfaction and functionality. We are currently working with the American Board of Medical Specialties to recruit other Boards to this important policy informing effort.
Nathaniel Hendrix received two prestigious awards:
CPV Scholar Kelly Dougherty presented her project with Nathaniel Hendrix at NAPCRG on the loss of family physician / general surgeon dyads on mortality in rural counties.
Measures That Matter
The Measures That Matter (MTM) initiative has been refined to prioritize two relationship focused concepts – Continuity of Care and Comprehensiveness. Prioritizing these two relationship-focused measures will help ensure resources are targeted for further development in the marketplace, and promoting adoption, implementation and use.
