title: BlueWorks aims to improve performance throughout Blues' system.
abstract: Last October, the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield System, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston, embarked on a unique collaboration to identify and promote the most promising programs developed by Blues companies to maintain health care affordability while encouraging the adoption of effective clinical practices. Those efforts are beginning to bear fruit, with the first six winning initiatives revealed in the first BlueWorks Quarterly Report.
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002641:Chicago; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines