Publications
Publications
Over 100 manuscripts published since the program's inception in 2012
Prostate
Reducing Biopsy-Related Complications and Optimizing Repeat Biopsy Practice Patterns
- Infection Related Hospitalizations after Prostate Biopsy in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (Journal of Urology, June 2014)
- Variation in Prostate Cancer Detection Rates in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (Journal of Urology, August 2014)
- A Statewide Intervention to Reduce Hospitalizations After Prostate Biopsy (Journal of Urology, 2015)
- Understanding the Use of Prostate Biopsy Among Men with Limited Life Expectancy in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (European Urology, 2016)
- Repeat Prostate Biopsy Practice Patterns in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (Journal of Urology, 2017)
- Evaluation of a needle disinfectant technique to reduce infection-related hospitalisation after transrectal prostate biopsy (BJU International, 2018)
Optimizing Imaging Appropriateness
- Toward Better Use of Bone Scans Among Men with Early-stage Prostate Cancer (Urology, June 2014)
- Clinical Predictors and Recommendations for Staging Computed Tomography Scan Among Men With Prostate Cancer (Urology, Oct 2014)
- MUSIC: Patterns of Care in the Radiographic Staging of Men with Newly Diagnosed Low Risk Prostate Cancer (Journal of Urology, April 2015)
- A Statewide Intervention Improves Appropriate Imaging in Localized Prostate Cancer (Journal of Urology, 2017)
- Confirmatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging with or without Biopsy Impacts Decision Making in Newly Diagnosed Favorable Risk Prostate Cancer (Journal of Urology, 2019)
- Prospective Monitoring of Imaging Guideline Adherence by Physicians in a Surgical Collaborative: Comparison of Statistical Process Control Methods for Detecting Outlying Performance (BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, May, 2020)
- Do patients who undergo multiparametric MRI for prostate cancer benefit from additional staging imaging Results from a statewide collaborative (Urologic Oncology, January, 2020)
- Limitations of abdominopelvic CT and multiparametric MR imaging for detection of lymph node metastases prior to radical prostatectomy(World journal of Urology, April, 2020)
Enhancing Treatment Appropriateness
- Contemporary Use of Initial Active Surveillance Among Men in Michigan with Low-risk Prostate Cancer (European Urology, August 2014)
- Understanding the Performance of Active Surveillance Selection Criteria in Diverse Urology Practices (Journal of Urology, 2015)
- Factors Influencing Selection of Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer (Urology, 2015)
- Variation in Guideline Concordant Active Surveillance Follow-Up in Diverse Urology Practices (Journal of Urology, 2017)
- Appropriateness Criteria for Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer (Journal of Urology, 2017)
- Practice- vs. Physician-Level Variation in Use of Active Surveillance for Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer (JAMA, 2017)
- A Roadmap for Improving the Management of Favorable Risk Prostate Cancer (Journal of Urology, 2017)
- Calculating Life Expectancy to Inform Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment Decisions (British Journal of Urology International, 2017)
- Association Between Early Confirmatory Testing and the Adoption of Active Surveillance for Men With Favorable-risk Prostate Cancer
- Risk of Becoming Lost to Follow-up During Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer (European Urology, 2018)
- Clinical Utility of Gene Expression Classifiers in Men With Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer (JCO Precision Oncology, 2018)
- Pathological upgrading at radical prostatectomy for patients with Grade Group 1 prostate cancer: implications of confirmatory testing for patients considering active surveillance (BJU International, 2019)
- Overtreatment and underutilization of watchful waiting in men with limited life expectancy: an analysis of the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative Registry (Urology, 2020)
- Defining Quality Metrics for Active Surveillance: The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative Experience (Journal of Urology, 2020)
- Impact of Early Confirmatory Tests on Upgrading and Conversion to Treatment in Prostate Cancer Patients on Active Surveillance (Oncology, 2020)
- Implementation of Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision Aid in Michigan: A Qualitative Study (Implementation Science Communications, 2021)
- Delayed radical prostatectomy after a period of active surveillance is not associated with the use of secondary treatments compared with immediate prostatectomy(The Prostate, 2021)
- Radical prostatectomy for patients with high-risk, very-high risk, or radiographic suspicion for metastatic prostate cancer: perioperative and early oncologic results from the MUSIC statewide collaborative,(Urologic Oncology, 2022)
- The added influence of genomics and post-MRI confirmatory biopsy results to MRI results alone on medical decision making for men with favorable risk prostate cancer being considered for active surveillance(The Prostate, 2022)
- Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection at Radical Prostatectomy for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Assessing Utility and Nodal Metastases Within a Statewide Quality Improvement Consortium(Oncology, 2022)
- Exploring Variation in the Receipt of Recommended Active Surveillance for Men with Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer(Journal of Urology, 2022)
- The Impact of a Statewide Active Surveillance Initiative: A Roadmap for Increasing Active Surveillance Utilization Nationwide(European Urology, 2022)
- The Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Men with NCCN Favorable Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Managed with Active Surveillance: The Initial MUSIC Experience (Journal of Urology, 2023)
- Variation in management of lymph node positive prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy within a statewide quality improvement consortium(Journal of Urologic OncologyMarch, 2024)
Improving Radical Prostatectomy Patient Outcomes
- Measuring to Improve – Peer and Crowd-sourced Assessments of Technical Skill with RRP (European Urology, 2016)
- NOTES – Evaluating an Uncomplicated Recovery after RP (Journal of Urology, 2016)
- Variation in the use of postoperative radiotherapy among high-risk patients following RP (Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 2016)
- Comparison of Pathological Outcomes for Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer from Diverse Practice Settings (Journal of Urology, 2016)
- Comparison of Publicly Reported Surgical Outcomes with Quality Measures from a Statewide Improvement Collaborative (JAMA, 2016)
- Establishment of a Web-Based System for Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes after RP (Urology, 2017)
- Development and Validation of Crosswalks for Patient-reported Sexual and Urinary Outcomes Between Commonly Used Instruments (European Urology,2018)
- Utilization of Salvage Radiation Therapy for Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy (International Journal of Radiation, Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2019)
- Regular vs. selective use of closed suction drains following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: results from a regional quality improvement collaborative (Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 2019)
- Pelvic lymph node dissection at robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Assessing utilization and nodal metastases within a statewide quality improvement consortium(Urologic Oncology, 2020)
- Evaluation of patient- and surgeon-specific variation in patient reported urinary outcomes 3 months after radical prostatectomy from a statewide improvement collaborative (JAMA, 2020)
- Patient preferences and treatment decisions for prostate cancer Results from a statewide urological quality improvement collaborative (Health Services Research, 2021)
- Delayed radical prostatectomy after a period of active surveillance is not associated with the use of secondary treatments compared with immediate prostatectomy (The Prostate, 2021)
- Preoperative Prostate MRI Predictors of Urinary Continence Following Radical Prostatectomy (Radiology, 2022)
- Assessing the impact of decision aid use on post prostatectomy patient reported outcomes (Health Services Research, 2022)
- Recovery of Social Continence and Sexual Function in Men With High-risk Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy: Results From a Statewide Collaborative (Urology, June 2024)
General Quality Improvement Efforts
- Quality of Care in Urology and the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (Urology Practice, July 2014)
- Improvement in Clinical TNM Staging Documentation within a Prostate Cancer Quality Improvement Collaborative (Urology, April 2014)
- Collaborative Quality Improvement (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc, 2017)
- askMUSIC: Leveraging a Clinical Registry to Develop a New Machine Learning Model to Inform Patients of Prostate Cancer Treatments Chosen by Similar Men (European Urology, 2018)
- Grade Groups Provide Improved Predictions of Pathological and Early Oncologic Outcomes Compared with Gleason Score Risk Groups (Journal of Urology, 2019)
- Video review for measuring and improving skill in urological surgery (Nature Reviews Urology, 2019)
- Data Analytics for Optimal Detection of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (Operations Research, 2020)
- Defining Quality Metrics for Active Surveillance: The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative Experience (Journal of Urology, 2021)
- Using video review to understand the technical variation of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in a statewide surgical collaborative (World Journal of Urology, 2019)
- Impact of Decipher Biopsy Testing on Clinical Outcomes in Localized Prostate Cancer in a Prospective Statewide Collaborative (European Association of Urology, 2021)
- Development and Validation of Models to Predict Pathologic Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy in Regional and National Cohorts(European Association of Urology, 2018)
- Practice-Level Variation in the Decision to Biopsy Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System 3 Lesions in Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients(Oncology, 2022)
- Using video review to understand the technical variation of robot assisted radical prostatectomy in a statewide surgical collaborative (World Journal of Urology, 2020)
- Patient preferences and treatment decisions for prostate cancer: Results from a statewide urological quality improvement collaborative General(Health Services Research, 2021)
- Practice-Level Variation in the Decision to Biopsy Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System 3 Lesions in Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients (Oncology, 2022)
- Less is More: Fulfillment of Opioid Prescriptions Before and After Implementation of a Modifier 22 Based Quality Incentive for Opioid Free Vasectomies(Health Services Research, 2022)
- Intra-practice Urologist-level Variation in Targeted Fusion Biopsy Outcomes(Oncology , 2023)
- Patient perspectives on factors influencing active surveillance adherence for low-risk prostate cancer: A qualitative Study(Cancer Medicine , 2023)
ROCKS
Patient Experience, and Health-related Quality of Life
Ureteral Stent Omission
- What Is the Optimal Stenting Duration After Ureteroscopy and Stone Intervention? Impact of Dwell Time on Postoperative Emergency Department Visits (Journal of Urology, 2023)
- Stent Omission in Pre-stented Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy Decreases Unplanned Health Care Utilization (Urology Practice, 2023)
- Appropriateness Criteria for Ureteral Stent Omission Following Ureteroscopy for Urinary Stone Disease (Urology Practice, 2022)
Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Improving the Quality of Upper Urinary Tract Stone Surgery: External Validation of a Statewide Collaborative's Efforts to Reduce Emergency Department Visits After Ureteroscopy (The Journal of Urology, 2023)
- Opioid-Free Discharge is Not Associated With Increased Unplanned Healthcare Encounters After Ureteroscopy: Results From a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (Urology, 2021)
Procedural Strategies and Decision Support
Clinical Outcomes and Complications
- Infection-related hospitalization following ureteroscopic stone treatment: Results from a surgical collaborative (BMC Urology, 2020)
- Ureteroscopy in patients taking anti-coagulant or anti-platelet therapy: practice patterns and outcomes in a surgical collaborative (Journal of Urology, 2020)
- Ureteral Stent Placement following Ureteroscopy Increases Emergency Department Visits in a Statewide Surgical Collaborative (Journal of Urology, 2021)
- Real-world Practice Stone-free Rates After Ureteroscopy: Variation and Outcomes in a Surgical Collaborative (European urology focus, 2023)
- Variable Use of Postoperative Imaging Following Ureteroscopy: Results from a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (Urology, 2020)
- Practice patterns and outcomes of urgent versus emergent ureteroscopy in a statewide surgical collaborative (World Journal of Urology, 2022)
- Variation and Correlation in Postoperative Imaging After Shockwave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy by Treatment Modality: Results of a Statewide Clinical Registry (Urology, 2022)
- Understanding ureteral access sheath use within a statewide collaborative and its effect on surgical and clinical outcomes (Journal of Endourology, 2020)
- Kidney Stone Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities (Journal of Urology, 2020)
- Shockwave Lithotripsy Use in the State of Michigan: American Urological Association Guideline Adherence and Clinical Implications (Urology, 2020)
KIDNEY
Improving Quality of Care for T1 Renal Masses
- Quality of Care for Renal Masses: The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative-Kidney Mass: Identifying and Defining Necessary Evaluation and Therapy (MUSIC-KIDNEY) (Urology Practice, 2020)
- Partial nephrectomy should be classified as an inpatient procedure: Results from a statewide quality improvement collaborative (Urologic Oncology, January, 2021)
Renal Mass Biopsy
- Utilization of Renal Mass Biopsy for T1 Renal Lesions across Michigan: Results from MUSIC-KIDNEY, A Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative (European Association of Urology, June, 2021)
- Perspectives on the Role of Biopsy for Management of T1 Renal Masses: Survey Results From Two Regional Quality Improvement Collaboratives (Adult Urology, 2022)
Adherence to Guidelines for T1 Renal Masses
Decision making around management
- Initial Management of Indeterminate Renal Lesions in a Statewide Collaborative: A MUSIC-KIDNEY Analysis (The Journal of Urology, 2023)
- Utilization of a Virtual Tumor Board for the Care of Patients With Renal Masses: Experience From a Quality Improvement Collaborative (Urology Practice, 2023)
- Development and validation of a multicenter Cox regression model to predict all-cause mortality in patients with renal masses suspicious for renal cancer (Urologic Oncology, 2024)
Active Surveillance/Observation of T1 Renal Masses
- Initial Observation of a Large Proportion of Patients Presenting with Clinical Stage T1 Renal Masses Results from the MUSIC-KIDNEY Statewide Collaborative (European Association of Urology, November, 2020)
- Building a Roadmap for Surveillance of Renal Masses Using a Modified Delphi Method to Help Achieve Consensus (Urology, 2023)
- Does Urologist-level Utilization of Active Surveillance for Low-risk Prostate Cancer Correspond with Utilization of Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses? (European Urology, 2024)
Surgical Outcomes
- Development of a Novel Scoring System Quantifies Opportunities to Reduce Surgery for Benign Renal Neoplasms: A Retrospective Quality Improvement Analysis within the MUSIC KIDNEY Collaborative (Journal of Urology, 2020)
- Positive surgical margins in partial nephrectomy: a collaborative effort to maintain surgical quality (BJU International, 2023)
- Practice-Level Variation in Opioid-Free Discharge Following Surgery for T1 Renal Masses: A MUSIC-KIDNEY Analysis (Urology Practice, 2024)
- Conversion to Radical Nephrectomy From Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Is Most Commonly Due to Anatomic and Oncologic Complexity (The Jouronal of Urology, 2024)
- Surgeon Skill and Perioperative Outcomes in Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (JAMA Netw Open, 2024)