News & Updates
Share your success with MiCR
Submit your QI project to MiCR Do you have a cardiac rehab (CR) quality improvement project that you'd like to share with the MiCR Network? The MiCR Coordinating Center is looking to showcase interesting and innovative QI projects happening throughout our network at...
Announcement — Cardiac Rehab Utilization Award Updates
MiCR Cardiac Rehab Utilization Award Earlier this year, MiCR announced a request for proposals for the new Cardiac Rehab Utilization Award. In total, the review team received five proposals covering a wide range of QI projects. Ultimately, three proposals were awarded...
Advocating for Access: MiCR’s Push for CR Legislation
The MiCR Network has partnered with MSCVPR’s Health Policy & Reimbursement Committee to initiate an advocacy effort in support of two legislative bills aimed at improving access to cardiac rehabilitation: HR955/S.1849 and HR 1406/S. 3021. MiCR leadership has...
Cardiac Rehab Utilization QI Award – Now Open!
The Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network (MiCR) is excited to announce the Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Utilization Quality Improvement (QI) Award, a new mini-grant opportunity designed to empower local problem-solving and provider-driven innovation in cardiac rehab quality...
Work by the Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network Helps Shape National Cardiac Rehab Policy
The Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network (MiCR) contributed content to the second edition of the Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package (CRCP) released in August of 2023.
Million Hearts, a national initiative co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) has set a goal of preventing 1 million acute cardiovascular events in 5 years. Its CRCP is a collection of straightforward and highly adaptable evidence or practice-based process improvement resources to implement as a part of a Cardiac Rehab Quality Improvement strategy.
In the News: Cardiac rehab after CABG tied to reduced risk for mortality at 2 years
Read the original article on Healio Key takeaways: In patients who had coronary artery bypass grafting, those who attended cardiac rehabilitation were more likely to survive at 2 years than those who did not. Only 60% of patients attended cardiac rehab. Among patients...
Efforts of BMC2 and MVC align to form Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network
MiCR was created to equitably increase CR participation for all eligible individuals in across the state. BMC2 is a collaborative consortium of health care providers dedicated to improving the quality of care and outcomes for cardiovascular patients across Michigan. MVC is a collaborative that helps 100 Michigan hospitals and 40 physician organizations to improve the health of Michigan through sustainable, high-value health care. MVC helps its members better understand their performance using robust multi-payer data, customized analytics and collaborative learning opportunities that enable providers to learn from one another in a cooperative, non-competitive space.