Nearly a decade ago, Michael Gaies, M.D., associate professor of pediatric cardiology, recognized a need for better data on cardiac intensive care for children. With John Charpie, M.D., Ph.D., the Mott congenital heart program co-director, he launched the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium, a data-sharing initiative that allows hospitals to evaluate their own outcomes and learn best practices from high-performing peers. Postoperative mortality dropped by 24% among 18 participating hospitals between 2014 and 2018, according to Michigan Medicine-led research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. —Beata Mostafavi
Source: U-M Health Lab Blog
Health Lab
New study measured continuous heart rate, step count, sleep data and daily mood scores. The researchers also estimated circadian time and time awake from minute-by-minute wearable heart rate and motion measurements.
Health Lab Podcast
It was a normal day for Jeff Zampi, M.D., who had spent most of it performing procedures to treat babies, children, adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease. And after wrapping up work at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, the pediatric cardiologist laced up his skates to hit the ice for a hockey game nearby in Ann Arbor: his Mott team was facing the Ice Cats. But by the third period of the match, Zampi found himself switching back to doctor mode.
Michigan Answers
Nearly all of us engage with some form of social media every day. But what if the true power of social media wasn’t found in a like, tweet or follow? For an emerging field of research taking place at Michigan Medicine, it’s the data inside social media that may have the power to give patients bigger answers and better outcomes.
Medicine at Michigan
The lighter side of health and healing
Medicine at Michigan
Hartland Schools help create fantasy worlds at Mott.
Medicine at Michigan
The 1918 flu and WWI wreaked havoc on U-M construction plans.
