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MHQP provides reliable information to help physicians improve the quality of care they provide their patients and help consumers take an active role in making informed decisions about their health care.

Who we are

Massachusetts Health Quality Partners is a broad-based coalition of physicians, hospitals, health plans, purchasers, consumers, academics, and government agencies working together to promote improvement in the quality of health care services in Massachusetts. MHQP was first established in 1995 by a group of Massachusetts health care leaders who identified the importance of valid, comparable measures to drive improvement.

Member Organizations

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Fallon Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Health New England, Tufts Health Plan, Neighborhood Health Plan, Massachusetts Hospital Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, MHQP Physician Council, two consumer representatives, one employer representative, one academic, and two independent health industry representatives.

Our Mission

MHQP's mission is to improve the quality of health care services delivered to the residents of Massachusetts through broad based collaboration among health care stakeholders.

Our Vision

MHQP's vision is to be the premier health care quality collaborative in Massachusetts, including the most trusted and influential source for comparative health care quality performance information.

Our Values

  • We believe in the power of collaboration.
  • We believe our work should have a measurable impact and be evidence-based.
  • We believe that eliminating unnecessary duplication and improving efficiency are key components to quality improvement.
  • We believe that credible performance information supports improvement.
  • We believe that educating the public about health care quality, including appropriate public release of performance information, supports quality improvement and enhances public accountability.
  • We believe that engaging health care providers and consumers in an open dialogue about performance information is a critical part of the quality improvement process.

The MHQP Board has identified the following five strategic areas of focus in support of MHQP's mission:

  • Taking a leadership role in building collaboration and consensus around a common quality agenda.
  • Aggregating and disseminating comparable performance data.
  • Increasing coordination and reducing inefficiencies to improve quality of care delivery.
  • Developing and disseminating guidelines and quality improvement tools.
  • Educating providers and consumers in the use of information to support quality improvement.

 

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