A new study using MSQC data highlights a questionable trend: robotic surgery is increasingly replacing conventional laparoscopic minimally-invasive surgery, despite a lack of evidence that it robotic surgery is more […]
“…surgery is problem-focused. We identify patients by their problems and view them by their barriers to discharge. This ideology also permeates our own identities: as surgeons, we pride ourselves on […]
Building on our earlier work developing care pathways for colon surgery, hernia, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and hysterectomy, MSQC is excited to release a new procedure-specific care pathway for pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple) procedures. […]
“For more than 20 years, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has worked with hospital and physician partners to improve quality and outcomes of patient care, with an eye toward […]