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"MOQC has given us the opportunity to benchmark our quality data against other cancer programs throughout the state."

MELISSA STELLER, MBA
Sparrow Herbert-Herman Cancer Center

"MOQC has really helped unify and gather information that practices and clinicians around the state can use to help identify their strengths and their weaknesses."
JEROME SEID, MD
Great Lakes Cancer Management Specialists
"As a social worker, I love that MOQC realizes the importance of bringing social workers to the table about quality and care of patients."
CINAMON BRANIGAN, LMSW
Henry Ford Health System
"I like the ability to network across the state, I think it works well for patient care."
BETH LAYHE, DO
McLaren Medical Oncology Associates
"It’s been great to share what we’ve done with other members of MOQC to hopefully make a bigger impact statewide."
CHRIS BISSELL
Henry Ford Cancer Institute
"There are some important discussions that are going on and it's amazing that MOQC is asking us to be part of all this."
KIMBERLY ZIELKE, MD
Henry Ford Hospice
"MOQC brings us all together. It’s very unifying; we’re all on the same page, we’re all looking at the same issues and developing like action plans so that we’re improving care."
PATRICE TIMS, RN, BSN, MSA
Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit

It is heart, in that sense that can bring purpose to these things. Heart does not come in the form of ink and pixels. It is heart that realizes purpose, that raises motivation, that addresses what is seen, that speaks to the practitioners, that advises and affects so that tasks, decisions and choices are refined and faith built up, that offers things an instant replay would never include.

POQC Member

There is so much to help us do better at survival in cancers, and so many more new treatments out there, but the one thing that is often overlooked is – is it the right thing to do for the patient? So I was thrilled to see that MOQC is focusing on hospice. It’s so underlooked in oncology these days.

PHYSICIAN

As a social worker, I love that MOQC realizes the importance of bringing social workers to the table for the discussion about quality and care of patients.

SOCIAL WORKER

Please consider talking with your family and loved ones about death and dying and hospice and palliative care now, long before you need to. Patients can make decisions of what they actually want so that family members don’t have to guess. I highly recommend getting into hospice whenever you are eligible and taking advantage of all the services to help patients and families. They are experts! Hospice isn’t about “giving up,” it’s about changing your goals to live the best and most comfortable life you can until the end.

POQC MEMBER

MOQC has given us the opportunity to benchmark our quality data against other cancer programs throughout the state. This helps us to identify opportunities for improvement.

PRACTICE MANAGER

I did not have this when I was in practice in Pennsylvania. This type of initiative didn’t exist. So I’ve seen MOQC evolve over the years. I show the aggregate data to my partners and say, “Listen, here’s where we’re doing well. Here’s where we’re failing, and we need to make changes.”

PHYSICIAN

We can all benefit from a broader range of education, expertise, and assets to improve the quality care for our cancer patients. The relationships that I have built alone from this consortium are phenomenal. I can tap into them at any point if I need resources or have a question of what is best for our cancer center.

PRACTICE MANAGER

I’m fortunate to have had many volunteer opportunities in my life – especially during the past several years as I edged toward and moved fully into retirement. The most rewarding and fulfilling of that volunteer work has been as a member of POQC. The reasons are many, but most notable has been having a valued – truly valued – patient voice for cancer care.

POQC MEMBER

We have benefitted from so many things from MOQC as a small site: the smoking cessation program, oral oncolytics, hospice care, pain management, physician support, the ongoing dialog. The list is endless.

Across all of the various regions, we hear and learn from each other. We grow as a group.

I’m grateful for their ongoing focus on care for the patients the families. MOQC covers it all.

REGIONAL DIRECTOR

I will use the information presented to improve my conversations with patients related to palliative care, integration of palliative care into the management of oncology patients and improve the care delivered to my patients through improving my practice’s performance on my state and national quality measures.

PHYSICIAN

I think high tides raise all ships – the measures we review and compare all help us do better even if it is competitive or not wanting to see your own practice not meeting the metric. I feel the collaborative group effort, even though some of us are “competitors,” makes us all share best practices to improve care across the state.

PHARMACIST

As an Oncology Nurse Navigator, I meet with patients soon after they receive a new cancer diagnosis. One of the strong messages from this program was that Palliative Care can and should be provided during every encounter by every member of the team. I will learn more about providing Palliative Care and incorporate care and communication techniques into every encounter.

NURSE

There are aspects of MOQC that bring in other voices that we don’t, as clinicians, sometimes hear in that way because we see them in the patient exam room. But to have patient representation at MOQC also helps because it allows us to get some feedback, as clinicians, from the group that we need to address.

PHYSICIAN

MOQC makes an impact in many areas of cancer care, helping our health systems obtain resources to bring programs off the ground. It also allows the collaboration of organizations to work together and identify what is working well to share best practices.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

We appreciate MOQC’s persistence, effort, and time. Through MOQC, we get to share our experience and learn from other practices in our region.

PHYSICIAN

All of the great materials that are available on their website, comparative data with other practices throughout Michigan and also our embedded pharmacist that started with the POEM program has already made a huge difference with our oral chemo compliance. It has been a great pleasure to participate in this quality collaborative.

PHARMACIST

Each meeting, we share, we collaborate, and we celebrate the success that’s being done around the state. I feel that MOQC really supports the practice, which then allows us to go back and support the patient.

SOCIAL WORKER

I was honored to be asked by my oncologist to join POQC. My initial overview New Member meeting made me feel hopeful about joining POQC. After joining, and meeting everyone POQC is an amazing opportunity to connect with other cancer related individuals to learn from and be inspired.

I am humbled to be among such great Cancer Survivors and leaders.

POQC MEMBER

MOQC is at the forefront of quality care and prioritizes issues that most affect patients. Their resources are top notch and we appreciate the support they provide to help us improve care.

PHYSICIAN

MOQC makes an impact in many areas of cancer care, helping our health systems obtain resources to bring programs off the ground. It also allows the collaboration of organizations to work together and identify what is working well to share best practices.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

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