by mlipham@arborresearch.org
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Project Details:
Leveraging over 20 years of experience, Arbor Research supports multiple Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQIs) to improve healthcare across practice areas. For each CQI, multiple measures of outcomes and appropriate processes of care are calculated and published to track attainment of best practices. Measures are used by champions at each provider to understand opportunities for improvement, share best approaches, and reward providers using value-based purchasing models.
Arbor Research works with teams from the University of Michigan and providers across the state in the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC, since 2020), Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC, since 2021), and Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC, since 2023). Arbor Research supports these collaboratives by providing its ArborLink secure data platform for abstraction of information, including ingestion of Electronic Health Records where available. ArborLink is designed to be specifically responsive to the data capture needs of each collaborative, and to assemble data as evidence for best practices associated with improved patient outcomes. We manage data quality, calculate measure attainment, and securely publish performance dashboards used by the collaborative as a whole and by individual providers. Physician Champions and other provider staff can drill-in to explore opportunities for population subgroups.
Supporting these initiatives, Arbor Research programming staff combine expertise in application design and development, measure development, and data visualization. With an interactive reporting platform informed by experience in developing and communicating quality measures, we empower caregivers with efficient tools for data aggregation, interpretation, and communication; letting them focus their energy on improving patient care.
Past Performance
Arbor Research is providing a fully-managed registry solution including hosting, data collection, data quality management, compliance, security, reporting, and customer support to the University of Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC). The data that are being collected, stored, and maintained within this registry will be used to drive quality improvement for its participants, and for research, as permitted by law.
Arbor Research is partnering with the University of Michigan Department of Emergency Medicine as a vendor to implement a leading-edge Software as a Service (SaaS) clinical registry and abstraction platform to support the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC). MEDIC is an integrated adult and pediatric, emergency medicine led, hospital-based Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) is focused on improvements to the quality and cost efficiency of urologic care, while enhancing the outcomes of treatment provided for prostate biopsies and cancer, kidney stones, and renal masses.
MEDIC, MOQC, and MUSIC exemplify the power of CQIs in healthcare by uniting professionals, and leveraging data-driven strategies to improve care standards. These CQIs underscore Arbor Research’s commitment to combining excellence in science and data analysis to generate insights that drive better and equitable health outcomes.
Project Personnel
Underwriters
Blue Cross Blue Shield
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM)
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Publications and Reports
- Lipham, Michael “As I type this, it seems problematic – an exhaustive tome on whether to duplicate extant publication material “, PDF, ppg 5346
- Lipham, Michael “Perhaps there is a way to link specifically to the pubs and reports for this project, instead”, PPTX, ppg 1
- 2023 Annual Project Report for the Project, PDF, ppg 55 Insert link here
- 2022 Annual Project Report for the Project, PDF, ppg 57 Insert link here
- 2021 Annual Project Report for the Project, PDF, ppg 49 Insert link here
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