Quality & Safety Initiatives
Munson Healthcare has multidisciplinary teams of clinical experts and other quality and safety professionals working collaboratively on protocols to improve patient safety and standardize care in northern Michigan. We have launched a number of internal initiatives to enhance the quality of care and promote patient, including projects focused on improving sepsis care, addressing health-related social needs, and improving the patient experience.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Collaborative Quality Initiatives
Munson Healthcare currently participates in several Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Quality Improvement Initiatives focused on improving the quality of care and outcomes and reducing complications and costs for patients in areas including angioplasty, antibiotic stewardship, bariatric surgery, cardiac surgery, general surgery, hip and knee replacement surgery, obstetric care, oncology, prostate cancer, sepsis, thoracic surgery, trauma, and more.
Other initiatives focus on achieving the best possible patient outcomes at the lowest reasonable cost by understanding variations in health care use, identifying best practices, and leading interventions for improving care before, during, and after hospitalization.
Other Quality Improvement Initiatives
Munson Healthcare also participates in the following:
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Registry
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines® Stroke
- American College of Cardiology ICD Registry
- American College of Cardiology Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Registry
- American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR CathPCI)
- American College of Radiology Lung Cancer Screening Registry
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
- Michigan Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Program (MI-AIM)
- Michigan Critical Access Hospital Quality Network
- Michigan Health and Hospital Association Patient Safety Organization
- Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC)
- Michigan Value Collaborative
- National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)
- National Quality Measures for Breast Centers (NQMBC)
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry
- Vermont Oxford Network (VON) (NICU data)
Safe Team, Safe Care Program
Safe patients first need safe employees to care for them. That’s why Munson Healthcare launched a system-wide, integrated Foundation for Safety Culture training for all staff. We have also launched internal initiatives to reduce workplace injuries and workplace violence. Through our focus and continuous improvement efforts, Munson Healthcare keeps both staff and patients safe.