Partnering CQIs generally support multiple other CQIs (rather than focusing on a single clinical area) by integrating population health, behavioral health, equity, or social‑determinants‑of‑health interventions across settings.
They enable cross‑collaborations between hospital‑based, outpatient, and community providers to standardize and optimize care practices beyond traditional clinical boundaries — for example by embedding healthy‑behavior support into surgical or oncology care, or by addressing social needs that affect health outcomes.
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- Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan (HBOM) is a partnering CQI that collaborates with existing CQIs to improve patient health behaviors. It targets interventions—such as smoking cessation—during key teachable moments in care, including new diagnoses, surgery, hospitalization, and pregnancy. Using evidence-based, CQI-driven best practices, HBOM serves as a cross-cutting initiative to promote behavior change across diverse patient populations.
Practices interested should reach out to the MSHIELD Coordinating Center — contact via email at info@hbomich.org
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- Michigan Social Health Interventions to Eliminate Disparities (MSHIELD) — Focuses on integrating social determinants of health (housing, food access, transportation, social support) into clinical care. MSHIELD works with existing CQIs statewide to promote equity and ensure that non‑medical barriers to health are addressed alongside medical care.
Practices interested should reach out to the MSHIELD Coordinating Center — contact via email at admin@michiganshield.org.
