ASPIRE Collaborative Meeting
Friday, July 20, 2018
Target Audience
Anesthesiologists
Clinicians
Nurses
Quality improvement staff
Researchers
Technical staff
Speakers / Planning Committee:
James Bagian, MD, PE
Meridith Bailey, MSN, RN
Kathryn Buehler, MS, RN, CPPS
David Clark
Traci Coffman, MD
Douglas Colquhoun, MB ChB, MSc, MPH
William Hightower, MD
Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
Victoria Lacca, MBA
Christina Ladd, BSN, RN
Mike Mathis, MD
Matthew Price, MD
Leif Saager, MD, MMM
Nirav Shah, MD
Michelle Vaughn, MPH
Christopher Wedeven, MD
Topics planned for the CME activity do not relate to products or services (e.g., drugs or medical devices
used on or by patients) of an ACCME an ACCME-defined commercial interest. Therefore, the planners and
speakers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Learning Objectives
After this meeting, participants will understand and be able to implement into daily practice:
Understand anesthesiology quality improvement measures implemented in 2017 – 2018
Understand how informational measures can be used to describe variation in practice
Learn about the PROSPER research study and sites can participate
Create a partnership between anesthesia providers and payers to improve quality of patient
care delivered
Describe overall quality measure performance of participating ASPIRE sites
Learn about quality improvement programs implemented at other institutions
Understand challenges in measuring provider performance
Understand issues with Data Quality in ASPIRE and implement plans to remedy
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.