CHIA Releases Updated Dashboard to Measure the Health of the Primary Care System in Massachusetts

(May 2024)

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), in collaboration with MHQP, today released the latest primary care dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in the Commonwealth.

A high-functioning primary care system can lead to better patient outcomes, lower costs, and more

CHIA Releases Updated Dashboard to Measure the Health of the Primary Care System in Massachusetts2024-05-23T10:11:21-04:00

Lessons from Steward and the Need for Primary Care Reform in Massachusetts

(May 2024)

Barbra Rabson and Katherine Gergen Barnett have collaborated again, this time on a commentary in Perspectives in Primary Care, published by the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care. The opinion piece, entitled “Lessons from Steward and the Need for Primary Care Reform in Massachusetts,” traces the roots of

Lessons from Steward and the Need for Primary Care Reform in Massachusetts2024-05-23T10:16:32-04:00

Media Coverage Spotlights Primary Care Access Problems Based on MHQP Data and Insights

(April 2024)

MHQP is pleased to have played a key role in providing data, insights and connections to help create several recently published prominent stories about the critical issue of primary care access in Massachusetts.

Please note that the Boston Globe articles are behind a paywall.

Boston

Media Coverage Spotlights Primary Care Access Problems Based on MHQP Data and Insights2024-09-16T13:33:54-04:00

Award Winning Primary Care Practice Increasingly Challenged to Survive in Today’s Environment

(March 2024)

“The joy I get from caring for patients, there’s not a more rewarding experience. That’s the one piece that really keeps me going back to work.”

That’s how David Weinstock, DO, of Grove Medical Associates in Auburn, Massachusetts, describes why he loves being a primary care physician. He shares these

Award Winning Primary Care Practice Increasingly Challenged to Survive in Today’s Environment2024-03-25T09:01:15-04:00

MHQP Announces Winners of 2023 Patient Experience Awards

(February 2024) 

MHQP is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 “MHQP Patient Experience Awards.” MHQP introduced this award program in 2018 as a way to recognize the primary care practices that perform highest on our annual Commercial Patient Experience Survey, the only statewide survey of patient experience in primary care in Massachusetts.

In 2023, MHQP received more than

MHQP Announces Winners of 2023 Patient Experience Awards2024-03-18T15:44:17-04:00

Patient Experience Scores for Adults Improve Since Before the Pandemic, Except in One Key Area: Access

MHQP’s statewide Patient Experience Survey confirms that patients are struggling to access primary care.
Scores for pediatric care declined in other critical areas as well.

(February 2024)

The results of MHQP’s annual statewide Patient Experience Survey, which were released today, offer an important indication of how patients’ experiences have shifted during and after the pandemic.

First

Patient Experience Scores for Adults Improve Since Before the Pandemic, Except in One Key Area: Access2024-03-19T10:10:38-04:00

Lessons from US and Global Scorecards to Help Improve How We Measure the Health of Primary Care

(February 2024)

In an article published in Health Affairs Forefront, MHQP’s CEO Barbra Rabson and her colleagues, Christopher Koller from the Milbank Memorial Fund, and Joseph Ross, Asaf Bitton and June-Ho Kim from Ariadne Labs, review the lessons we’ve learned from scorecards designed to measure and strengthen primary care in

Lessons from US and Global Scorecards to Help Improve How We Measure the Health of Primary Care2024-02-06T09:46:30-05:00

2023: A Year of Expanding Our Impact

(January 2024)

2023 was an eventful year for MHQP, a year in which we continued expanding beyond our historical focus on measuring patient experience and took important steps to help strengthen primary care and advance health equity in Massachusetts. These efforts culminated in the launch of two major initiatives — the

2023: A Year of Expanding Our Impact2025-01-06T15:12:45-05:00

We Need Bolder Actions to Take On Our Primary Care Crisis

(December 2023)

By Barbra G. Rabson

In a post earlier this year, I noted the threat to the sustainability of our state’s health care system if it continues to prioritize spending on hospital care and underspend in primary care. Since then, I have been encouraged by some welcome

We Need Bolder Actions to Take On Our Primary Care Crisis2023-12-12T13:13:09-05:00

Employers Value Telehealth’s Convenience But Are Skeptical About Its Impact on Cost, MHQP/AIM Study Shows

(October 2023)

When telehealth usage surged during the pandemic as a safe way for patients and providers to interact, MHQP conducted a series of surveys among providers and patients to provide real-time feedback to the field about this rapidly evolving tool. The input we received was extremely valuable in helping

Employers Value Telehealth’s Convenience But Are Skeptical About Its Impact on Cost, MHQP/AIM Study Shows2024-08-19T14:32:10-04:00
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