DAS provides abstraction services for the following vascular registries:

  • the Vascular Quality Initiative® (VQI)

  • BMC2 Vascular Surgery Database (MI only).

The VQI is designed to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness and cost of vascular health care by collecting and exchanging information. It consists of a distributed network of regional quality groups that function under an AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organization using the M2S cloud‑based data collection and reporting system. It is available to all providers of vascular health care and their respective institutions.
The VQI collects pre-operative risk factors, intra-procedural variables, post-procedural outcomes, and one year follow-up data for eleven major vascular procedures:
    •    Carotid Artery Stent
    •    Carotid Endarterectomy
    •    Endovascular AAA Repair
    •    Open AAA Repair
    •    Hemodialysis Access
    •    Inferior Vena Cava Filter
    •    Infra-Inguinal Bypass
    •    Supra-Inguinal Bypass
    •    Lower Extremity Amputation
    •    Peripheral Vascular Intervention
    •    Thoracic and Complex EVAR
For more information on the VQI®, go to Www.vascularqualityinitiative.org

The BMC2 Vascular Surgery Database is specific to the state of Michigan. It is prospective registry that represents a regional collaborative effort to assess and improve quality of care and outcomes of patients undergoing a range of vascular procedures:

  • Open Abdominal Aneurysm Repair (OAAA)

  • Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair (EVAR), Infrarenal, Suprarenal, and Juxtarenal Repairs

  • Open Bypass Procedures, Upper and Lower Extremity

  • Open Thrombectomy Procedures, Upper and Lower Extremity

  • Carotid Stenting (CAS)

  • Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)

The Goal of the BMC2 Vascular Surgery Collaborative is to

  1. Improve rates of lipid-lowering agents prescribed at discharge

  2. Decrease unnecessary opioid prescription at discharge

  3. Reduce rates of surgical site infection 30 days post-procedure

  4. Reduce rates of postoperative myocardial infarction

  5. Improve rates of antiplatelet agents prescribed at discharge

For more information on the BMC2 Vascular Surgery Collaborative, go to WWW.bmc2.org.