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Guided by our mission, moving ahead
At the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation our
fundamental mission is to improve the quality, safety, equity, and affordability of health care, and "policy" is our middle name. Since our inception, IHPI members have been sharing their research findings and advising local, state, and federal policymakers and elected officials of both major parties to help improve health care and population health.
In two months, we will have a new President and Congress, and they will set forth new policies for health care reform. More specific details of these proposals will emerge in the coming weeks and months, stakeholders will weigh in, and initial proposals will likely evolve. One thing is certain: health care reform will continue to be discussed and implemented in the coming years.
Our mission remains unchanged at IHPI, and your role in evaluating access to health care, the quality and costs of care, social determinants of health, and health outcomes will be vitally important as new health care reform proposals are debated. So what can you do going forward? Continue to conduct your research on relevant and timely topics for which you are passionate, share your findings and expertise with important stakeholders, and stay or become involved in health policy deliberations at the local, state, and national levels.
IHPI's Leadership Team and our talented staff remain strongly committed to helping you fulfill our shared goals to improve health care and health. We will continue connecting you with colleagues and resources to produce rigorous evidence and helping you communicate your work broadly and effectively to those who can act on it. Given the likely changes in health policy on many fronts, our role - and yours - has become even more important. Our annual
member forum on Friday, November 18 will provide a key opportunity for us to reflect together on the implications of the election and our paths going forward.
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
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LAST CALL TO RSVP
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MOOC winter-term course: 2017 Understanding and Improving the U.S. Healthcare System
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The winter 2017 program for students from all University of Michigan schools and colleges begins on Monday January 16, 2017. Students can participate in the course as either an open learner or for 1 credit through SPH 626.
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National Academies releases new report on Medicare payment policy
The Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene an ad hoc committee to identify social risk factors that affect the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries and methods to account for these factors in Medicare payment programs.
IHPI Director John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., served on the committee, which released a new report titled, "Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payment: Data." The committee provides guidance on data sources for and strategies to collect data on social risk factors that could be accounted for in Medicare quality measurement and payment programs.
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Fries awarded Doctor of Laws
Brant Fries, Ph.D., M.S., professor of health management and policy, was awarded a Doctor of Laws,
honoris causa, from the University of Waterloo.
The award recognizes his work in Canada, the U.S., and elsewhere for assessment and funding systems for long-term care. He is a principal author of the Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III) system for classifying nursing home residents, used nationwide in the United States for payment to nursing homes. He coauthored the National Nursing Home Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) / Minimum Data Set (MDS), and is the founder of interRAI, an international collaborative that develops assessment instruments across health and social services settings.
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Strobbe inducted as Fellow of IAAN
Stephen Strobbe, Ph.D., R.N., PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, clinical associate professor of nursing, was inducted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Addictions Nursing (FIAAN) at the 40th Annual Educational Conference of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA). He was also inaugurated as the President of IntNSA, to serve a two-year term from October 2016
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Strobbe (
pictured middle)
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Getting stroke treatments to people earlier to prevent debilitating outcomes in Flint
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Under a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a team of University of Michigan researchers and community partners is embarking on a novel project to increase acute stroke treatment rates in the community of Flint, Michigan.
Led by
Lesli Skolarus, M.D., M.S., an associate professor of neurology and a board-certified vascular neurologist, the team is testing a hospital- and community-based intervention called the "Stroke Ready" program that will attempt to address delays that can occur before and after arrival to the hospital, ultimately reducing the likelihood of stroke treatment and lessening its effectiveness.
Community advisory board members, including Dr. Skolarus (back row, second from left), who have partnered on projects to boost stroke treatment and awareness in Flint.
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Waljee receives DoD grant with colleagues to study Crohn's complications in Veterans
Akbar Waljee, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of internal medicine, received a U.S. Department of Defense grant with his colleagues to develop new models to predict individual risk of developing complications of Crohn's Disease.
Waljee's project, "Machine Learning Analysis of Longitudinal Laboratory and Imaging Data to Personalize the Prediction of Severe Complications in Veterans with Crohn's Disease," will aim to refine current analytic morphomics tools, develop learning algorithms, and develop a production-quality risk production tool for health care providers and patients.
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Michigan-OPEN: Three-part video series details the new U-M-led effort
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
SURGERY AND OPIOIDS
MICHIGAN-OPEN
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ACUTE Care Research Unit launches
A new health services research unit that works on unifying the delivery of acute care along its continuum has launched under the direction of
Mahshid Abir, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of emergency medicine.
The ACUTE Care Research Unit (ACRU) evaluates issues related to acute care access, costs, utilization, transitions, and effectiveness [ACUTE] using quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and community-based participatory research methods.
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Place an order to be
shipped to your home:
CLICK HERE
Place an order for
pick-up at NCRC (IHPI offices):
CLICK HERE
Orders must be completed by midnight on 12/11/2016.
Orders will be shipped or available for pick-up beginning in January.
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Michelle Meade, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
"As a clinician I work with individuals with physical disabilities and their family members. As a researcher, I work across many areas of disability, and my key focus is the idea of self-management and thinking about the knowledge and skills people need to manage their health within the broader context of their lives. I also see myself as an advocate for ensuring that the voices and the issues of people with spinal cord injury and other disabilities are heard."
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Matthew Corriere, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
"Many treatment decisions are complex, particularly in scenarios where clinical evidence hasn't identified a single treatment that is clearly the best option for most patients most of the time. This is particularly true for peripheral artery disease (PAD), where several treatment options are often reasonable but a single 'best' choice often isn't clear based on available evidence. Understanding how the patient prioritizes trade-offs between treatment-related factors would make it possible to design a personalized strategy based on this information. I see enormous potential for this approach to move healthcare past outdated 'one-size-fits-all' approaches based on clinical data alone."
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Missed the October IHPI Seminar? Watch "Future Directions in Peer Review and Publishing---- The Voice of the Editors"
Speakers included:
Matthew L. Boulton, M.D., M.P.H., senior associate dean for Global Public Health, School of Public Health,
Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S.J., M.S., professor of infectious diseases, Medical School, and
Anne Sales, Ph.D., R.N., professor of learning health sciences, Medical School.
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Highlights: October 2016 V-BID Summit
On October 26, 2016, leaders from across the health care spectrum came together to discuss strategies for tackling some of the industry's most relevant challenges at the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design's 2016 V-BID Summit: Precision Medicine Needs Precision Benefit Design.
University of Michigan Health System Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D., delivered the welcoming remarks. The day-long summit consisted of 4 interactive sessions: Aligning Precision Medicine with Precision Payment and Benefit Design; Insured But Not Covered - Reducing Underinsurance; Determining Value; and Addressing Low-Value Care.
CLICK HERE to watch videos and read highlights from the event.
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MIDAS Symposium brings top-level data scientists to campus
Date: November 15
--- 16, 2016
Location: Rackham Building
RSVP REQUIRED
The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is holding its annual symposium Nov. 15
--- 16. Keynote speakers include Robert Groves, provost of Georgetown University, and Sudip Bhattacharjee, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Big Data Research and Applications. The symposium will also feature speakers from around the country and world, taking part in panels on topics including:
- Big Data, An International Perspective
- Methodologies
- Health Research
- Social Sciences
- Transportation
- Learning Analytics
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U-M Injury Center Distinguished Faculty Seminar: Lisa A. Marsch "Harnessing Digital Technologies in Behavioral Health: The State of the Science"
Date: November 16, 2016
Time: 4:00 p.m.
--- 5:00 p.m.
Location: University of Michigan School of Public Health
--- I, Community Lounge
WEBSITE
In this presentation, Lisa A. Marsch, Ph.D., director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, director of the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor within the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, will provide an overview of the state of the science in the development, evaluation, and implementation of mobile technology-based therapeutic interventions for promoting behavioral health.
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IHPI/CHOP Seminar - Next generation: Quality measurement
Date: November 18, 2016
Time: 4:00 p.m.
--- 5:00 p.m.
Location:
North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
Building 16, Room 266C
WEBSITE
Helen Burstin, M.D., M.P.H., FACP is the Chief Scientific Officer of The National Quality Forum, a not-for-profit membership organization that works to catalyze healthcare improvement through quality measurement and reporting. Dr. Burstin is responsible for advancing the science of quality measurement and improvement. She provides scientific oversight for the evaluation, endorsement and selection of quality measures and the transition to electronic performance measurement.
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Date: November 18, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m.
--- 4:00 p.m.
Location: North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
Building 16, Room G004E
Speaker:
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S., associate professor of psychiatry
WEBSITE
Join the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network for monthly Research In Progress (RIP OPEN) Sessions. The objectives of the RIP OPEN sessions include:
- Review and give feedback on current research in progress (aims pages, papers, exploratory analyses, etc.) relevant to opioid use and misuse.
- Facilitate research network focusing on opioid topics.
- Engage trainees of all levels in impactful research work in the area of opioid use and misuse.
All are welcome, including trainees.
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Date: November 18, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m.
--- 5:00 p.m.
Location: School of Public Health II
The University of Michigan School of Public Health celebrates its 75th Anniversary in the 2016-2017 academic year.
November 2016 is the month SPH will celebrate the Epidemiology Department with a day-long event.
The event will feature a keynote lecture by David Oshinsky, Ph.D., and the Francis Memorial Lecture by Anne Schuchat, M.D. along with
panel discussions in the morning and afternoon, followed by a poster session.
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LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series: Establishing a Learning Health System for Surgical Improvement---- The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative.
Date: November 29, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m.
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Location: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes North Central
As follow-up to the energizing LHS Collaboratory Kick-Off Event held in October, join colleagues for the first presentation in the LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series: Establishing a Learning Health System for Surgical Improvement
---- The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative.
Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., M.D., project director, Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative and Greta Krapohl, Ph.D., R.N., associate director, will present their lessons learned from a state-wide surgical collaborative quality improvement initiative.
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Twitter 101
Date: December 2, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m.
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Location: NCRC, Building 10, The IHPI Collaboratory (Room G079)
Join IHPI communicator Kara Gavin for the next monthly Twitter 101 sessions for new and lapsed tweeters. Bring a laptop, mobile device, and your lunch for this informal session. If you need help setting up a Twitter account, please arrive a bit early.
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Writing for The Conversation: A two-part session
Part 1: December 5, 12:00 p.m.
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Part 2: December 12, 12:00 p.m.
--- 2:00 p.m.
Location: North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
Building 10, IHPI Collaboratory (G079)
In the last year and a half, dozens of U-M faculty and senior trainees have published opinion, commentary and "explainer" pieces on
The Conversation. Some have seen their pieces get re-published by major media outlets, from
Time to the
Washington Post, under
The Conversation's unique open copyright system. And all have seen their ideas spread via social media and the web. IHPI is helping more U-M faculty, fellows and others express their opinions and expertise on this unique platform. Join us for a two-part training that will help you prepare your own "pitch" to
The Conversation's editors.
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Recommendations of the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
Date: December 7, 2016
Time: 8:00 a.m.
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Location: Live Webcast
Lisa Prosser, Ph.D., M.S., professor of pediatrics, will be presenting as a member of the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine hosted by the National Academy of Sciences.
Since publication of the report by the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine in 1996, researchers have advanced the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis, and policy makers have experimented with its application. The need to deliver health care efficiently and the importance of using analytic techniques to understand the clinical and economic consequences of strategies to improve health have increased in recent years.
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Navigating Institutional Data Resources Available to Faculty
Date: December 16, 2016
Time: 12:00 p.m.
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Location: Biomedical Science and Research Building (BSRB), Seminar Rooms, 1st floor
Registration Required---- Lunch Provided
This workshop will cover some of the key initiatives through which the UMMS is managing institutional data and information as an asset. In particular, it will briefly cover the UMMS framework for information asset management (Data Governance), artifacts that provide details on our data environment (Enterprise metadata management) and data assets that specifically support the research community (the Research Data Warehouse).
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Apply for the 2017 Michigan Road Scholars Program
U-M instructional, research, and clinical track faculty are invited to apply for the 2017 Michigan Road Scholar Tour.
This annual educational tour will expose participants to the state's economy, government and politics, culture, educational systems, health and social issues, history, and geography. Designed to increase mutual knowledge and understanding between the university and the people and communities of the state, the five-day tour will introduce participants to the places the majority of our students call home, encourage university service to the public, and suggest ways faculty can help address state and local issues. In addition, the experience is expected to develop beneficial ties and promote interdisciplinary discussion among the touring faculty.
Applications will be accepted until November 30, 2016.
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MLibrary@NCRC
HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress)
HSRProj provides information about ongoing health services research and public health projects. The purpose of HSRProj is to enhance access to ongoing research projects before the results are available in a published form. You can
browse latest projects or
supporting agencies, or conduct a search to look for projects of interest.
Contact MLibrary to learn more.
Visit: North Campus Research Complex, Building 18, Room G018
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Open Michigan initiative launches new partnership, website
Open Michigan is relaunching as the home for all things open at the University of Michigan
---- freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media used for teaching, learning, and research
---- including expertise and services for open educational resources, open data, and open publications. The new Open Michigan is a partnership of the University Library and Health Information Technology and Services (HITS).
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A lot of blood, for no reason? U-M team concludes that common, costly clot test has few benefits
A half billion dollars
---- at least
---- gets spent each year on blood tests to see which hospital patients have a genetic quirk that makes their blood more likely to form dangerous clots.
And most of that spending probably isn't necessary, according to a new paper by IHPI members and assistant professors of internal medicine
Christopher Petrilli , M.D.,
Lauren Heidemann , M.D., and
Vineet Chopra , M.D., M.Sc. Writing in the
Journal of Hospital Medicine, they review what's known about testing for the trait called inherited thrombophilia, and call for a drastic cut in the test's use by doctors across America.
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A fractured system: where do you go when you suddenly need health care?
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Can Opioid Overdose Prevention Take a Lesson from Stroke Prevention?
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More than 2 million Americans need help with an addiction to opioid painkillers or other opioid drugs. For many, that help could come in the form of a medication called buprenorphine.
Pooja Lagisetty, M.D., M.Sc., clinical lecturer of internal medicine, is one of only 500 doctors in the state of Michigan licensed to prescribe the drug. In a recent article in the journal
Addiction, she and opioid addiction researcher
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., M.H.S., and chronic disease management expert
Michele Heisler, M.D., M.P.H., say the same approach used with patients on powerful blood-thinning medications could help many individuals who may benefit from buprenorphine for opioid addiction.
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New grant funding to examine poverty solutions in Michigan
Deadline: November 21, 2016
U-M Poverty Solutions is a new interdisciplinary initiative that seeks to foster research to identify and test strategies for preventing and alleviating poverty. Together with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC), researchers are encouraged to apply for a
Research on Strategies to Prevent and Alleviate Poverty in Michigan grant. The deadline to apply for this new funding opportunity is November 21, 2016, and a total of $100,000 is available (up to four awards of up to $25,000 each).
Collaborative research projects are to be completed within one year (January 2017 to January 2018) and must equitably involve community and academic partners in all aspects of the research process.
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The National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program: Start Your Application Now
Deadline extended: December 1, 2016
The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties force some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) were established by Congress to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers with a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.
If you have questions: David J. Pinsky, M.D., chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, director and Science Lead, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, has kindly agreed to serve as a resource for any questions. Dr. Pinsky has served on the NIH peer review committee selecting these awards. He has guided several individuals successfully through the application process. If you have any questions about the LPR please contact Dr. Pinsky (
dpinsky@umich.edu) or assistant Betty Hoss (
bhoss@umich.edu).
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AHRQ tips for grant applicants
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funds grants for research to support the Agency's mission to improve the safety and quality of the health care system. Their website provides links to information regarding grant application basics, such as the funding process; funding authorities; where to find grant announcements, guidance, and policy notices; and various aspects of the grant application process. It provides a description of grant review criteria, tips for writing a grant application (including page limitations), as well as an explanation of how grants are funded, along with examples of funded grants and grantee profiles.
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ABOUT IHPI
The Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation is committed to improving the quality, safety, equity, and affordability of healthcare services
To carry out our ambitious mission, our efforts are focused in four areas:
- Evaluating the impact of healthcare reforms
- Improving the health of communities
- Promoting greater value in healthcare
- Innovating in IT and healthcare delivery
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IHPI Informs is published monthly by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation.
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CONTACT US
U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Christina Camilli-Whisenhunt
IHPI Communications Manager
camillic@umich.edu
Kara Gavin
IHPI Research & Policy Media Relations Manager
Lauren Hutchens
IHPI Communications Specialist
Mark Lubin
IHPI Communications Coordinator
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