BMC2 March 2024 Newsletter

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Happy spring! We are pleased to offer many opportunities to gather both virtually and in person over the coming months via our physician, coordinator, and collaborative meetings and the MiCR Spring Webinar.

Check out our “Top Stories” where you’ll find information about our brand-new Cardiac Rehab Utilization Quality Improvement

Award which will award mini grants to project teams aiming to improve patient participation in cardiac rehab. You’ll also learn about our most recently published manuscript on cause and preventability of in-hospital mortality after PCI and peek
inside the Coordinating Center’s new lunch and learn series in this issue.

We are grateful for the network between our participants around the state and are thrilled to collaborate with you to elevate quality of care and outcomes for patients in Michigan and beyond! Thank you for your unwavering commitment to our shared mission.

Nicholas Osborne

TOP STORIES

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Mini Grants Available Via The New Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization Quality Improvement Award

MAQI² Works to Decrease Bleeding Risk In Patients On Warfarin And Aspirin After
PCI And TAVR

The Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network (MiCR) is excited to announce the Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization Quality Improvement Award, a new mini-grant opportunity designed to empower local problem-solving and provider-driven innovation in cardiac rehab quality improvement. The first application window opened March 29th. Learn more on our blog.

The Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative (MAQI²) found that patients taking warfarin in combination with aspirin had twice the rate of bleeding with no clear clinical benefit, similar to other published literature. Read our blog to learn how they have reduced inappropriate aspirin use by 50% in participating clinics since 2018.

PUBLICATIONS

We are pleased to share our most recent publication. Please remember that all BMC2 participants are encouraged to submit ideas for studies and join as an author on papers.

“Cause And Preventability Of In-hospital Mortality After PCI: A Statewide Root-cause Analysis Of 1,163 Deaths” – PLOS ONE. Francesco Moroni, Milan Seth, Hameem U Changezi, Milind Karve, Dilip S Arora, Manoj Sharma, Elizabeth Pielsticker, Aaron D Berman, Daniel Lee, M. Imran Qureshi, Lorenzo Azzalini, Devraj Sukul, and Hitinder S. Gurm.

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BMC2 MEETINGS

Upcoming Meetings

MiCR Spring Webinar - April 5, 2024, 10 am – 11 am. Join via Zoom.
MISHC Collaborative Webinar – April 9, 2024, 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Join via Zoom.
BMC2 Vascular Surgery Physician Meeting – May 1, 2024 at the Radisson Plaza in Kalamazoo. This is a P4P opportunity for physicians. Non-physician participants are invited
to attend. Registration is now open.
PCI Coordinator Meeting - May 10, 2024, 10 am – 3 pm at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing. Registration is now open.
PCI Collaborative Meeting - May 11, 2024, 10 am – 3 pm at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing. Registration is now open.

Visit our blog for meeting summaries.

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CALL TO ACTION

Follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube! Follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube for success stories, research publications, educational opportunities, & more!
Refer Patients to Our PCI Patient Advisory Council and Receive P4P Credit! We are always looking for additional patient perspectives and encourage you to tell your patients about the opportunity to join our PCI Patient Advisory Council. Those who successfully refer a patient can earn P4P credit. Learn more by reading this document.

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NEW PARTNERS

Please join us in welcoming our new partners!

PCI Coordinator:

Anisha Sheth, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, cardiology director, Garden City Hospital

A Peek Inside the BMC2 Coordinating Center

The Coordinating Center kicked off our new BMC2 MHealthy Lunch and Learn presentations on February 26th. We brought our own lunches and gathered as Kathleen Frazier and Amy Shirato guided us through a PCI case and Sheryl Fielding talked us through a TAVR procedure. It was a great opportunity for staff to see what each procedure entails and ask questions so we can better understand the work you do and think of additional ways we can support you as we all collaborate to improve quality of care and patient outcomes.

Do you have something to share via our newsletter? We want to hear from you! Email Elizabeth Horn at ehorn@umich.edu.

Support for BMC2 is provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program.

Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and BMC2 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.

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