This section of our website has bibliographies providing selected references related to topics that are included in the ACGME and ABMS competencies, particularly Systems-based Practice and Practice-based Learning and Improvement. THCI will continue to add subjects and references over time.

These topics are also addressed, and references are cited, in THCI's instructional resources, particularly the Curriculum Guide for Managing Care: A Systems-based Approach and learning modules in THCI's Online Learning Campus.

Please note that, for items showing website URL addresses, the location and contents of websites can change over time; THCI cannot guarantee that the URLs shown here remain active.

• The U.S. Health Care System
• Physicians, Health Care, and Managed Care
• New Medical Technology

Curriculum category: Quality Assessment and Improvement
Related ACGME competencies: Systems-based Practice; Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Patient Care

• Health Care Quality: Overview and Definitions
• Health Care Quality: Overview and Definitions in Nursing
• Quality Oversight in the Marketplace
• Quality Improvement
• Quality Improvement in Nursing

Curriculum category: Effective and Efficient Care
Related ACGME competencies: Systems-based Practice; Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Patient Care.

• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Clinical Guidelines
• Disease Management
• Case Management
• Referral Management
• Pharmacy Management
• Utilization Management in the Community Practice
• Utilization Management in Health Systems and Managed Care Organizations
• Provider Performance Reports

Curriculum category: Population-based Care
Related ACGME competencies: Systems-based Practice; Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Patient Care; Professionalism

• Population-based Care and Patient Management
• Patient Education / Health Education

Curriculum category: Practice Management
Related ACGME competencies: Systems-based Practice; Practice-based Learning and Improvement; Patient Care; Interpersonal and Communication Skills

• MCO-Physician Contracting and Reimbursement
• Practice Management Systems, Operations, and Compensation

For a bibliography on teaching and assessing knowledge and skills in content areas contained within the competencies of Systems-based Practice and Practice-based Learning and Improvement, see THCI's Training References.