VALUE PARTNERSHIPS: IMPACT
Cost Avoided Over Last Decade
85% of Blue Cross Primary Care Providers
Collaborative Quality Initiative Presentations in Over 30 Countries
VALUE PARTNERSHIPS: THE LATEST
COLLABORATIVE QUALITY INITIATIVES
For patients with heart disease, participation in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular readmission and death, and improved quality of life. Yet nationally the rate of referral to a cardiac rehab program after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has remained suboptimal; between 60 and 70 percent over the past […]
COLLABORATIVE QUALITY INITIATIVES
Lessons Learned from MI-COVID19 Initiative Influence Care & Treatment Protocols Statewide
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-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME
PCMH program adds capabilities to address health care disparities in the LGBTQ+ community
For the first time, the Patient-Centered Medical Home Interpretive Guidelines include capabilities focused on LGBTQ+ inclusion. Because PCMH practitioners play a vital role in delivering foundational patient-centered care, it is imperative to add policies and processes that support LGBTQ+ inclusion and address health disparities and equity issues. An estimated 4 percent of Michigan adults identify […]