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A message from Dr. George Kipa and Steve Anderson
Are consumers driving the future of
health care?
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Dr. George Kipa |
Steve Anderson |
Fifty years ago, people who wanted information about their health made an appointment to see their family doctor or just went to the doctor’s office and waited their turn. They didn’t speak of their “primary care doctor” or their internist, and they rarely consulted a specialist. Now it’s not uncommon for patients — particularly elderly patients — to have five or six specialists they see regularly. Patients used to consider “their doctor” to be their only source of health information and tended to follow his or her advice without questioning it. Read more.
Blue Cross closes out 2014 with three new awards for our quality initiatives
Three Collaborative Quality Initiatives won awards as 2014 drew to a close — the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium and the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative. Read more.
New Value Partnerships website easier to use, more robust
Have you visited the Value Partnerships website recently? If not, you’ll want to check out this revamped site that’s been designed with the viewer in mind. Here are highlights. Read more.
Clinical quality corner
Managing patients with high blood pressure
This is part of an ongoing series of columns and accompanying tip sheets that focus on specific Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures. Read more.
Focus on pharmacy
Beware of dangers associated with group of drugs called 'the holy trinity'
This is part of a yearlong series of columns and accompanying tip sheets that focus on specific Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures. This month we’re focusing on HEDIS® measures related to the treatment of acute bronchitis in adults, as well as children with pharyngitis and upper respiratory infections.
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