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We are grateful to have seen so many of you in person during our Coordinator/Abstractor and Collaborative meetings in November. The meetings’ robust presentations, lively discussions, and innovative ideas are signs of a promising year ahead as we continue to partner to improve quality of care and outcomes for patients across Michigan.
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Our MISHC 10-Year Awards recipients and MISHC Coordinator/Abstractor Mentorship Program participants are highlighted below, along with information about forthcoming website resources, calls to engage in Consortium initiatives, and an opportunity to get to know the new Director of BMC2, Dr. Nick Osborne.
Thank you for your unwavering commitment to the patients and communities we serve. We are excited about the work we will do together in 2026!
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MISHC 10th Anniversary Awards
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We recognized several consortium members during our fall meetings in Novi.
Criteria included mentorship, publication impact, commitment to quality, consistent QI performance, and coordinator and physician champion engagement.
Read more, and see photos, on mishc.org.
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| MISHC 2025 Quarter 3 Reports Available
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The MISHC TAVR, MTEER, and TMVR 2025 Q3 and 2025 Q3 rolling 4 quarters discharge level, 30 day follow up, 1 year follow up, dashboard, snapshot, detail, and M&M reports are now available.
Please contact your Michigan Structural Heart Consortium/TVT Coordinator for copies of the reports. Learn more on mishc.org.
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| Getting to Know BMC2's New Director, Nick Osborne
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| MISHC Physician Mentoring Program - MISHC is expanding its long-standing coordinator and abstractor mentorships to pair physicians for issue-specific, peer-to-peer, and peer-to-site mentoring.
Consortium members seeking mentorship can fill out this Qualtrics survey.
We are excited to connect mentors and mentees and look forward to the improvements in quality of care and outcomes that will result from these partnerships. Learn more on mishc.org.
Submit Patient and Provider Experiences of Cardiac Rehab by filling out a form or recording a voice memo. The Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network will use the stories to help encourage patients to enroll in cardiac rehab.
Suggest A Topic Or Speaker For Future MISHC Meetings - If you have an idea of a topic or speaker for a future meeting – or would like to present a case – please contact the Coordinating Center at info.mishc@umich.edu.
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Upcoming Abstract Deadlines |
New York Valves
Scientific Abstracts and Challenging Cases Deadline – April 14
Late-breaking clinical science/first-in-human and early feasibility studies and innovation deadline – April 21
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TCT.25 - P. Michael Grossman, MD, presented Stroke after TAVR - Impact on Clinical Outcome and Patient Reported Quality of Life (QoL): The Michigan Structural Heart Consortium (MISHC) Experience during TCT.25 held October 25 - 28 in San Francisco.
Co-authors are Rita Corum, MD; Raed Alnajjar, MD; Stanley Chetcuti, MD; and Himanshu Patel, MD. Read the story on our website.
London Valves - Reza Dabir, MD, and P. Michael Grossman, MD, presented "Impact of Conduction Abnormalities on Post-TAVI Pacemaker Implantation and Mortality" during London Valves, held November 16 - 18 in London, England. Co-authors are Mohammad Qureshi, MD; Alphonse DeLucia, MD; Ivan Hanson, MD; Rita Coram, MD; Stephane Leung, MD, MSc; Nicklaus Slocum, MD; Shukri David, MD; Pedro Villablanca, MD; Raed Alnajjar, MD; Himanshu Patel, MD; and Stanley Chetcuti, MD. Read more on mishc.org.
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Please Note
Each site’s physician representatives must attend one virtual meeting and one in-person collaborative meeting in 2026 to meet the VBR goals. Bonus – Having both a surgeon and cardiologist attend the in-person meeting equals meeting 2/4 goals.
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4/28/26 – 6 – 7:30 pm MISHC TAVR Physician Collaborative Virtual Meeting
- 5/19/26 – 6 – 7:30 pm MISHC Mitral Physician Collaborative Virtual Meeting
- 11/13/26 – 12 – 4 pm for MISHC Coordinators (MSTCVS Coordinators in the am) MISHC/MSTCVS Coordinator Meeting. Location TBD
- 11/14/26 – Time TBD MISHC/MSTCVS Collaborative Meeting. Location TBD
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| Please join us in welcoming our new partners!
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Jenna Moore, BSN, RN
Structural Heart Coordinator
MyMichigan Health – Saginaw
Bradley Lynch, MHA, RN
Quality Improvement Specialist
McLaren Macomb
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New BMC2 Coordinating Center Location
We've moved! Our new address is:
BMC2
2800 Plymouth Rd.
Building 16, Floor 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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Taking a Closer Look at Telehealth in Cardiac Rehabilitation - MiCR is exploring new ways to support cardiac rehab programs across the state. One key area of focus is telehealth. Read the MiCR blog to learn what a recent survey revealed about the current state of telehealth cardiac rehab in Michigan.
We celebrated Cardiac Rehab Week, February 8 - 14. Read the MiCR blog to reflect on the conversations, stories, and resources shared throughout the week, and what they represent for cardiac rehab programs, providers, and patients across Michigan.
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We are currently updating our websites to improve functions and resources. We expect to complete these updates by late April 2026.
We will work to minimize any website downtime and notify you in advance about any planned outages.
We are excited about the improvements these changes will offer and appreciate your patience through this transition.
Learn more on our blog.
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BMC2 is exploring a new heart failure registry, which will take a population health-based approach to measuring outcomes and improving quality of care for
patients with heart failure.
In preparation, the BMC2 Coordinating Center is seeking individuals to join the team.
We invite you to share this news with your network and apply for positions that interest you.
Visit the U-M Careers website to view the full list of opportunities with BMC2. Please reach out to Mollie Bodin (mbodin@med.umich.edu) with any position-specific questions.
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| The MISHC Coordinating Center will no longer email reports, data,
or site correspondence to personal email addresses.
We recognize this is often not convenient, but cybersecurity threats – including those targeting hospital systems within our consortium – have prompted us to consider more secure processes. Receiving site data at your personal email address puts your site and MISHC in danger. Emails will only be sent to provider email addresses affiliated with hospital or provider sites.
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MISHC is a collaboration between the Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MSTCVS) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2). Support for MISHC is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program.
Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and MISHC work collaboratively, the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of BCBSM or any of its employees. Further, BCBSM does not have access to MISHC data, and all patient episodes occurring at engaged hospitals are included in the data registries, regardless of payer.
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