Lessons Learned from MI-COVID19 Initiative Influence Care & Treatment Protocols Statewide

June 30, 2021

As patients became seriously ill with COVID19 in the spring of 2020, emergency departments and hospitals around the state were quickly filling up. Yet, at the time, much was unknown about this virus and how to treat it. Fortunately, in Michigan, the Collaborative Quality Initiative structure offered a foundational process that quickly enabled hospitals statewide […]

Patient Involvement in Collaborative Quality Initiatives Offers Clinical Care Insight

October 9, 2020

Physicians and surgeons are finding that some of the best information to help them improve clinical quality and outcomes may come straight from their patients. In fact, patients and their caregivers add their input by sharing their experiences with providers in six of 17 Blue Cross Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQI). CQIs bring together Michigan hospitals […]