

Michigan CQIs
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Collaborative Quality Initiatives improve the most common & costly areas of healthcare. Partners: @bcbsm; @umichmedicine; @HenryFordHealth





How do state-wide quality measures impact #radonc fractionation selection for 🦴 metastases? Within the Michigan Radiation Oncology Quality Consortium, quality measures were implemented in 2020 and 2022 to promote use of single fx (SFRT) and <=5 fx treatments for pts w/ 🦴 mets. From 2018-2024, 3247 pts in 29 centers were treated w/ 4382 (non-SBRT)☢️ plans: 🔘Use of SFRT 🔼 from 17.8% ➡️ 38.8% 🔘Use of <=5 fx tx 🔼 from 44.2% ➡️ 63.9% 🔘Use of shorter regimens was assoc w/ later yr of tx, 🔼 distance to tx facility, 🔼 baseline fatigue, 🔽 yr of physician practice 🔗 - tinyurl.com/ypw2tzbn @ASTRO_org @LukeMHiggins @UMichRadOnc













✨Announcing the Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (ABSC), a new initiative created as a branch of the (MBSC). Surgeons nationwide are working together to strengthen bariatric surgery for adolescents. Contact us to learn more: 👉mbsc.help@umich.edu #MichBariSC















