Cardiac surgeons and the quality movement: the Michigan experience
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Richard L, Prager; Frederick R, Armenti; Joseph S, Bassett; Gail F, Bell; Daniel, Drake; Eric C, Hanson; John C, Heiser; Scott H, Johnson; F B, Plasman; Francis L, Shannon; David, Share; Patty, Theurer; Jaelene, Williams; Daniel, Zwada
- Source
- Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 21(1)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Michigan
media_common.quotation_subject
State Health Plans
Treatment outcome
MEDLINE
Cardiovascular surgeons
Regional Health Planning
Government regulation
medicine
Humans
Organizational Objectives
Quality (business)
Quality of care
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cooperative Behavior
Societies, Medical
media_common
Quality of Health Care
Insurance, Health
business.industry
General Medicine
Health Care Costs
medicine.disease
Cardiac surgery
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Treatment Outcome
Family medicine
cardiovascular system
Government Regulation
Surgery
Medical emergency
Cooperative behavior
Health Expenditures
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1043-0679
The Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons created a voluntary quality collaborative with all the cardiac surgeons in the state and all hospitals doing adult cardiac surgery. Utilizing this collaborative over the last 3 years and creating a unique relationship with a payor, an approach to processes and outcomes has produced improvements in the quality of care for cardiac patients in the state of Michigan.