Announcing Barbra Rabson’s Transition from MHQP
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(November 2025)
Barbra Rabson Interviewed about Primary Care on Betsy Lehman Center’s Patient Safety Beat
(October 2025)
MHQP President and CEO, Barbra Rabson, was interviewed by the The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety’s Patient Safety Beat on the urgent need to address challenges in primary care.
The interview highlights primary care’s crucial role as the foundation of the healthcare system and in keeping patients safe. Barbra
MHQP Data Featured in CHIA Report Detailing Equity Gaps in Massachusetts Healthcare
(September 2025)
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) issued an important report last week that reveals deeply concerning disparities in health outcomes and quality of care in our state.
The report is entitled “Equity in Quality of Care: Select Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Measures in Massachusetts Stratified by Race and
Marion Pediatrics Shines with Five Patient Experience Awards
(September 2025)
When Barbra Rabson, MHQP’s President and CEO, read the list of award winners at MHQP’s Annual Patient Experience Awards Celebration earlier this year, she had to take a deep breath before reading the awards for Marion Pediatrics. That’s because Marion Pediatrics received awards in five categories — for Patient-Provider
Facts from the Massachusetts Primary Care Dashboard: Unnecessary ED Visits
(August 2025)
Unnecessary ED visits are widely seen as a costly symptom of a healthcare system with insufficient access to primary care. When people cannot easily get in to see a primary care clinician, they often end up in the ED for conditions that are better managed in the primary care setting. This is why one of the most
MHQP Pays Tribute to Nancy Finn, Longstanding Member of MHQP’s Consumer Health Council and Former Board Member
(August 2025)
We at MHQP were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Nancy B. Finn earlier this summer after a brief illness. Nancy was a key member of MHQP’s Consumer Health Council from 2015-2025 and served on MHQP’s Board of Directors from 2015-2020. She was a respected leader in digital
In Globe Letter, Barbra Rabson Urges Strong Focus on Rebuilding Primary Care
(July 2025)
MHQP continues to focus attention on the urgent need to address our failing primary care system — this time with a Letter to the Editor by President and CEO Barbra Rabson published in the July 24th issue of The Boston Globe. With the Globe’s permission, we are posting
MHQP Welcomes Chevaunne Edwards
(July 2025)
“I feel like it was kismet.”
That’s how Chevaunne Edwards, MPH, describes her journey to becoming MHQP’s new Director of Quality Measurement and Analytics.
Chevaunne has more than a decade of experience in healthcare quality, patient experience and data analytics, and served briefly as the nation’s Program Manager for CAHPS (Consumer
The Primary Care Dashboard Paints a Troubling Picture for Massachusetts Healthcare
By Barbra G. Rabson
(June 2025)
“We’re beyond a crisis.”
That is how State Senator Cindy Friedman chose to characterize the current state of primary care in the Commonwealth in her opening remarks to Massachusetts’ newly established Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force in April.
The updated data in the Primary Care Dashboard released last week by the Center
Barbra Rabson Receives Primary Care Community Leadership Award from Primary Care Collaborative
(June 2025)
MHQP is pleased to announce that Barbra Rabson, MHQP’s President and CEO, was honored with the Primary Care Community Leadership Award by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) at its Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner on June 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.
“Under her leadership, MHQP has become a national leader in the