Jonathan Small, Author at Massachusetts Health Quality Partners

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

Selected by Mass. Health Policy Commission to execute a data gathering effort related to urgent care centers and limited service/retail clinics in the state

Selected by Mass. Health Policy Commission to execute a data gathering effort related to urgent care centers and limited service/retail clinics in the stateJonathan Small2024-08-19T15:40:12-04:00

MHQP Offers Important Webinar: Primary Care at a Critical Crossroads

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many primary care practices found themselves struggling to survive amid substantial uncertainty. Yet, last month, when the National Academy of Medicine issued its new report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care, it received very little attention.

On June 29, 2021, MHQP hosted

MHQP Offers Important Webinar: Primary Care at a Critical CrossroadsJonathan Small2021-07-20T12:23:16-04:00

Conducted interviews with patients and families for UMass Memorial Healthcare to understand barriers and race/ethnicity disparities in child well-visits

Conducted interviews with patients and families for UMass Memorial Healthcare to understand barriers and race/ethnicity disparities in child well-visitsJonathan Small2023-02-17T12:10:23-05:00

Launched the Pain Inequities Project to help understand and address the issue that Black women are systematically undertreated for pain

Launched the Pain Inequities Project to help understand and address the issue that Black women are systematically undertreated for painJonathan Small2021-11-16T20:47:34-05:00

Formed Health Equity and Anti-Racism Workgroup to deepen our understanding of how to best collect race, ethnicity, language, and disability (RELD) data

Formed Health Equity and Anti-Racism Workgroup to deepen our understanding of how to best collect race, ethnicity, language, and disability (RELD) dataJonathan Small2021-11-23T12:47:53-05:00

Presented “Primary Care at a Crossroads” webinar on what’s next for Massachusetts after the National Academy of Medicine report

Presented “Primary Care at a Crossroads” webinar on what’s next for Massachusetts after the National Academy of Medicine reportJonathan Small2021-11-14T23:25:38-05:00

Nationwide Telehealth Impact Survey Supported by MHQP Finds High Level of Patient Satisfaction for Telehealth

(April 2021)

Nationwide Survey Finds ‘High Levels of Satisfaction and Expectations for Future Use’

The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition – comprising more than 1,000 healthcare organizations, technology firms, and nonprofits, including MHQP – has published the Telehealth Impact Patient Survey.

Overall patients reported positive experiences with telehealth visits with 79% of respondents being satisfied with their telehealth visit and 73% expecting to

Nationwide Telehealth Impact Survey Supported by MHQP Finds High Level of Patient Satisfaction for TelehealthJonathan Small2024-08-19T14:20:50-04:00

MHQP Launches The Pain Inequities Project, Seeks New Funding

(March 2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating inequities embedded in America’s healthcare system and highlighted the need to address the biases underlying deeply rooted and systemic health disparities in our country.

One area where these biases are quite apparent is pain management. Research has shown that Black Americans are systematically undertreated

MHQP Launches The Pain Inequities Project, Seeks New FundingJonathan Small2021-03-31T13:26:37-04:00

Primary Care’s Value Proposition and the Damage Done by the Pandemic

By Barbra G. Rabson

(April 2021)

MHQP has been measuring and publicly reporting about quality and patient experiences in primary care for nearly two decades. Never before have I known a moment such as this when I worry for the future of primary care in our state.

MHQP first began to investigate the health

Primary Care’s Value Proposition and the Damage Done by the PandemicJonathan Small2022-07-26T17:14:40-04:00

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