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MOQC Measures Update

MOQC Measures Update

2022 MEDICAL ONCOLOGY MEASURESVRB MEASURE Chemotherapy intent (curative vs. non-curative) documented before or within 2 weeks after administration Oral chemotherapy monitored and addressed on visit/contact following start of therapy Tobacco cessation counseling...
Quality Project Update

Quality Project Update

Tobacco Cessation Program Smoking tobacco is a chronic, relapsing condition. As described in the article – “COVID-19 and the ‘Lost Year’ for Smokers Trying to Quit,” it was disheartening although not unexpected that smoking cessation was a challenge nationally in...
New MOQC Team Member Spotlight

New MOQC Team Member Spotlight

Keli DeVries, LMSW, MOQC Program Manager Keli DeVries completed both her undergraduate degree and her Masters of Social Work at the University of Michigan. She began her career as a licensed clinical social worker in the Emergency Department at Michigan Medicine, and...
Health Equity Corner

Health Equity Corner

According to the National Institutes of Health, by 2030, 4 out of 10 Americans will belong to a racial or ethnic minority group. Members of racial and ethnic minoritized groups have higher rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases, including cancer....
Data Engine Update

Data Engine Update

A huge Thank You! to the task force that met earlier this year to review our potential data vendors. We are currently in the contracting process with a new vendor. The transition to the new database is expected to begin in 2022. Taskforce members are included below:...