06/16/08 — Blue Cross spearheads initiatives
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
Nancy Birkmeyer, PhD

06/16/08 — Weight-loss surgery becoming safer, Michigan registry shows
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
John Birkmeyer, MD

06/16/08 — High-Volume Hospitals better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs
Outlet: Health Day
Justin Dimick, MD

5/18/08 — Insurers Balk at Paying for Breast Reconstruction
Outlet: The Post-Standard
Amy Alderman, MD

1/03/08 — Hospital Cardiac Arrest Response Often Too Slow
Outlet: New York Times
Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD

12/21/07 — Few Patients told of post-mastectomy options
Outlet: USA Today
Amy Alderman, MD

12/19/07— Surgery patients over 80 do less well
Outlet: United Press International (UPI)
Emily Finlayson, MD

11/13/07— Number of lymph nodes examined does not influence colon cancer survival
Outlet: Forbes
Sandra Wong, MD & John Birkmeyer, MD

08/03/07— Many Heart Attack Patients Don't Get Needed Treatment
Outlet: Health Day
Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD

04/10/07— Referrals: Few Breast Surgeons Steer Patients to Reconstruction
Outlet: New York Times
Amy Alderman, MD

03/26/07— Colon checks rising, but not enough
Outlet: Associated Press / AP Radio
Arden Morris, MD

03/21/07— New Studies highlight complexity of treating heart disease
Outlet: Scripps Howard News Service
Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD

01/09/07— Radiation for Pancreatic Cancer Varies by Hospital
Outlet: Reuters
Sandra Wong, MD

12/01/06— The safest surgeon
Outlet: Prevention
John Birkmeyer, MD

10/20/06— More in Mass. get drug for stroke
Outlet: Boston Globe
John Birkmeyer, MD

08/29/06— Outcomes: For Older Surgeons, Workload May Outweigh Age
Outlet: New York Times
Jennifer Waljee, MD

08/29/06— Surgeons' experience counts as much as age
Outlet: Reuters
Jennifer Waljee, MD

08/03/06— Skin Deep: Newly Petite in Skin Thats XL
Outlet: New York Times
Nancy Birkmeyer, PhD

07/09/06— Good Help, Close to Home
Outlet: U.S. News and World Report
John Birkmeyer, MD

06/30/06— Looking for Answers When Choosing Care
Outlet: New York Times
John Birkmeyer, MD

05/12/06— Should heart attack patients go to nearest hospital or one with most advanced care?
Outlet: Hospitals & Health Networks magazine
Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD & Eric Bates, MD

7/18/05 — "Beyond Safety" (from U.S. News & World Report)
Everybody wants a safe hospital, with few potential patient-killing errors...But safety and basic quality aren't enough for patients who need complicated surgery. They need the expertise available only at a handful of medical centers.

7/16/05 — "Surgery quality is targeted" (from the Detroit Free Press)
In their latest quality-improvement program, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of Michigan are recruiting hospitals and surgeons for the program to collect data on weight-loss, or bariatric, surgeries with the goal of identifying the best practices and sharing them with each other.