News & Updates
Introducing New Beat: A program to increase access to cardiac rehab
HBOM is proud to announce a new program to bolster successful referrals to cardiac rehabilitation in Michigan. The program is called New Beat and is culmination of a community of stakeholders who are committed to removing barriers to successful cardiac rehab adoption across the state.
New Beat is designed to deliver heartfelt, pragmatic support to new cardiac rehab patients. This new initiative combines HBOM’s participatory design methods and expertise in evidence-based behavior change strategies, with the goal of increasing enrollment in Michigan cardiac rehabilitation programs and reducing transportation barriers to some of the most underserved patients.
January 2023 Newsletter
Welcoming 2023 with new tobacco cessation support materials in Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic—a new healthy eating blog with tips for how to eat healthy on the road and on a budget. Plus support for your VBR goals
Launching our Quit Smoking Guide in Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese
Our popular Quit Smoking Resource Guide is now available in Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. In 2022 as we launched our suite of tobacco cessation provider resources, we heard from you, our CQI partners, that translations were an important part of reaching your patient communities.
Download in Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese.
Participate in the Great American Smokeout November 17th
s a trusted partner in tobacco cessation, team up with HBOM, the American Cancer Society, and hundreds of organizations across the country for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 17. We invite you to Download our oncology, surgery, and specialty-specific graphics to post for #GreatAmericanSmokeout social media and order additional tobacco cessation provider materials.
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Fall 2022 updates from Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan.
New partnership with Shipt, MCT2D, and MSHIELD to address food insecurity for people with type 2 diabetes
Same-day delivery service Shipt today announced new initiatives to address food insecurity, including a new partnership with the Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan (HBOM) program and our collaborators at MCT2D and MSHIELD, part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield CQI portfolio.
Catch up with our 2022 Summer Collaborative Meeting video
The Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan (HBOM) program held its first summer collaborative meeting on June 21, 2022. HBOM invited representatives from our 9+ partnering Michigan CQIs in a virtual conversation on tobacco cessation value-based reimbursement strategies and implementation across the State of Michigan. We were joined by invited guest Alisha Lussiez, MD, from the department of surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lussiez is a key player in a tobacco cessation screening and referral service that has been implemented as part of the pre-operative consultation process at Michigan Medicine.
Register for June 21 All Collaborative Virtual Session
Join the Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan community for our Summer All Collaborative virtual session on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 from 10 to 11:30 AM.
We are pleased to hear from invited guest, Alisha Lussiez, MD, on M-PACT, the Michigan Population Health And Access To Social Care Track program, a health-system wide initiative that integrated smoking and food insecurity screening into the pre-operative visit.
Attendees will also receive early access to updated resources and tailored materials from the HBOM Design Team. There will be time for open discussion based on member survey responses and a sneak peek at our Healthy Eating Jumpstart pilot program, a partnership with M-SHIELD, MCT2D, and Shipt.
March 2022 All Collaborative Recap with Downloads and Recordings
Healthy Behavior Optimization for Michigan hosted our first All Collaborative Meeting on March 15, 2022. We were joined by over 165 clinicians, health care professionals, and clinical data and quality specialists from across Michigan to unite around the shared goal of tobacco cessation in Michigan.