title: Michigan insurer funds effort to improve cardiac surgery.
abstract: Michigan insurer funds effort to improve cardiac surgery. Every year about 20,000 adults undergo surgery in Michigan for coronary artery bypass grafts and other cardiac procedures. A new performance improvement project funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will focus on reducing complications and making those procedures safer.
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*