Hospital-Based Initiatives
In 1997, a group of five hospitals joined with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to study variation in angioplasty procedures and treatment. Entitled the BCBSM Cardiovascular Consortium on Quality Initiative on Coronary Angioplasty, or BMC2, the effort resulted in dramatic decreases in emergency bypass surgeries and other complications, and an annual statewide savings of $8.5 million.
Now, more than 10 years later, seven more collaborative quality initiatives (CQI) have launched to address some of the most common and costly areas of surgical and medical care. Hospitals across the state are collecting, sharing and analyzing data to improve patient care outcomes.
And it's working. Much of the success comes from the three-part structure of each initiative:
- Funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network enables hospitals to collaborate in a neutral environment. Funding provides resources for data collection and analysis, and provides administrative oversight.
- A separate coordinating center serves as a data warehouse, conducts data audits, performs data analyses and guides quality improvement efforts.
- Participating hospitals submit timely data, share best practices and implement quality practices within their hospitals.
Current CQIs focus on quality improvements in coronary angioplasty, cardiac surgery, general and vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, peripheral vascular intervention, breast cancer and anticoagulation.
- BCBSM Cardiovascular Consortium Quality Initiative on Coronary Angioplasty (BMC2)
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention Quality Improvement Initiative
- Map of all partcipating sites (PDF)
- Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative
- Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative
- Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative
- Michigan Breast Oncology Quality Initiative
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging Consortium Coronary CT Angiography Registry
- Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative
For more information on Collaborative Quality Initiatives, contact:
Tom Leyden, health care manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Phone: 248-448-3306
tleyden@bcbsm.com