The partnership, the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative, will collect data on spine surgery patients from the participating hospitals, which will be reviewed by neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons to develop best practices for improving patient outcomes.
Participating hospitals are:
- Borgess Medical Center (Kalamazoo)
- Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit)
- Henry Ford West Bloomfield (Mich.) Hospital
- Marquette (Mich.) General Hospital
- McLaren Regional Medical Center (Flint)
- St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Ann Arbor)
- St. Mary’s of Michigan (Saginaw)
- Sparrow Hospital (Lansing)
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