RITE-Size Testing

About Us

A PARTNERSHIP AMONG QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TEAMS IN MICHIGAN

Several organizations within Michigan – the Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE), the Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC), the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), and the Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting Exchange (ASPIRE) – have partnered to address unnecessary preoperative testing through a collaborative lens that includes data-driven approaches. While each organization has individual projects underway, these groups collaborate under the umbrella of RITE-Size to support de-implementation of low-value testing and develop resources for the benefit of their stakeholders.

AN ALIGNED APPROACH

Together, the RITE-Size partner organizations support hospitals in Michigan in a variety of ways. Hospitals may receive individualized reports on their preoperative testing rates alongside benchmarking data from peer hospitals. They may also opt into pay-for-performance incentive programs to earn financial rewards for improvement or achievement. The partners also designed a template decision tree, sample preoperative testing reference chart, and other resources to help hospitals get started.

MEET THE CORE TEAM

Dr. Hari Nathan

Associate Professor of Surgery, Michigan Medicine; Co-PI; Director, MVC

Dr. Lesly Dossett

Chief of Surgical Oncology, Michigan Medicine; Co-PI; Co-Director, MPrOVE

Dr. Nicole Mott

Resident Physician and Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Colorado, Dept. of Surgery and University of Michigan, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, MSCR

Tony Cuttitta

Program Manager, MPrOVE

 

Dana Greene, Jr.

Project Manager, MPrOVE

[Contact Dana]

Valerie Mefford

Project Manager, MPrOVE

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Emily Bair

Site Engagement Coordinator, MVC [Contact Emily B.]

Emily Woltmann

Project Manager, MVC
[Contact Emily W.]