Jonathan Small, Author at Massachusetts Health Quality Partners

Advancing Understanding of Telehealth Inequities Through HPHCI’s WIFI Study
(2021 - 2022)

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As part of a study conducted in partnership with the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (HPHCI), MHQP interviewed patients, providers and community leaders to better understand potential socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic inequities in telehealth usage in Massachusetts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The interviews explored topics such as insurance coverage of telehealth, access to telehealth, and

Advancing Understanding of Telehealth Inequities Through HPHCI’s WIFI Study
(2021 - 2022)Jonathan Small2024-08-19T14:18:56-04:00

MHQP Receives PCORI Award to Help Improve Pain Self-Management for People with Sickle Cell Disease

(November 2021)

MHQP is pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Greater Boston Sickle Cell Disease Association (GBSCDA), we have received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Eugene Washington Engagement Awards program to identify new directions for research into patient-centered approaches to help people with sickle cell

MHQP Receives PCORI Award to Help Improve Pain Self-Management for People with Sickle Cell DiseaseJonathan Small2023-05-23T14:29:29-04:00

MHQP Pays Tribute to Harris Berman, MD, Former MHQP Board Chair

(November 2021)

We at MHQP are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Harris Berman, MD. Harris was an important leader in the early years of MHQP, serving as MHQP’s Board Chair when he was Dean of Public Health at the Tufts University School of Medicine.

“Harris was extremely committed to MHQP’s

MHQP Pays Tribute to Harris Berman, MD, Former MHQP Board ChairJonathan Small2022-02-08T14:16:48-05:00

Are Severe Staffing Shortages the “Long COVID” for the Healthcare System?

By Barbra G. Rabson

(October 2021)

COVID-19 has disrupted our healthcare system in unimaginable and incalculable ways. While we hope that we may soon emerge from the intense burden created by the crisis, the long-lasting impacts of the pandemic are just beginning to come into focus. One of these long-lasting impacts – an

Are Severe Staffing Shortages the “Long COVID” for the Healthcare System?Jonathan Small2024-10-08T12:56:48-04:00

MHQP Pays Tribute to Bill Rogers, Statistician Extraordinaire

(October 2021)

We are deeply saddened to report that MHQP lost an important partner and friend last week. William Rogers, PhD, known to us as Bill, passed away unexpectedly on September 26 from a heart attack. Our sincere condolences go out to Bill’s family and everyone else whose life he touched.

You can

MHQP Pays Tribute to Bill Rogers, Statistician ExtraordinaireJonathan Small2022-02-08T14:15:44-05:00

How Patients and Clinicians Really Feel About Telehealth One Year Later

Telehealth has tremendous potential to improve patient care, but we still have much to learn. The pandemic forced us into a massive experiment. So, what have we learned about telehealth over the past crazy, challenging, disorienting, disruptive year?

MHQP has dedicated itself to this help answer this question. First, we launched “

How Patients and Clinicians Really Feel About Telehealth One Year LaterJonathan Small2024-08-19T14:35:33-04:00

Sample Comments from MHQP’s Pandemic Telehealth Experience Surveys

The following is a sampling of verbatim quotes collected in MHQP’s pandemic telehealth experience surveys conducted during the summer of 2021. The purpose of these surveys was to evaluate and contrast telehealth experiences for both clinicians and patients. These quotes illustrate MHQP’s key findings from the surveys.

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Patients Loved Telehealth for Its Convenience

Sample Comments from MHQP’s Pandemic Telehealth Experience SurveysJonathan Small2021-08-04T14:32:25-04:00

MHQP Thanks 25th Anniversary Sponsors, Looks Ahead to 30th

After much consideration and with extreme gratitude to our generous sponsors listed below, MHQP has decided to cancel our 25th anniversary celebration originally scheduled for April 2020 due to the pandemic. We were hoping we could gather with our sponsors, colleagues and friends to mark this important milestone on our journey, but

MHQP Thanks 25th Anniversary Sponsors, Looks Ahead to 30thJonathan Small2021-07-30T10:43:34-04:00

The Value of Primary Care: How Come They See It and We Don’t?

By Barbra G. Rabson

(July 2021)

In May, the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued an important new report called Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care. It received very little attention.

This was extremely worrisome for us at MHQP because, as an organization that has been measuring

The Value of Primary Care: How Come They See It and We Don’t?Jonathan Small2021-07-19T22:20:19-04:00

Gathering Information About Urgent Care Centers and Retail Clinics in Massachusetts
(June - September 2021)

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) sought to identify all urgent care centers (defined as those sites that serve at least all adult patients on a walk-in basis and have hours of service beyond normal weekday business hours), as well as all limited service/retail clinics licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Using available data sets

Gathering Information About Urgent Care Centers and Retail Clinics in Massachusetts
(June - September 2021)Jonathan Small2022-01-14T10:12:27-05:00

About Jonathan Small

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