In 16 communities throughout the country, Aligning Forces for Quality seeks to lift the quality of health and health care by teaming up with those who get care, give care and pay for care. Explore what our communities are doing to improve health care quality.
Boston
Greater Boston loves... Paul Revere, the Bay and access to quality health care!
Leadership Team: The Greater Boston Quality Coalition
Website: www.mhqp.org
Phone: (617) 600-4621
Fax: (617) 393-3433
Email: info@mhqp.org
Program contact: Barbra G. Rabson
Phone: (617) 600-4621
Email: brabson@mhqp.org
The Aligning Forces for Quality initiative in Boston is led by Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) and the Eastern Massachusetts Healthcare Initiative (EMHI) and is supported by more than 35 Boston-area organizations. MHQP is a nonprofit, broad-based coalition that has been collecting and reporting on health care quality information for providers and the public since 1995. EMHI is a collaborative of hospitals, health plans and universities with the shared vision of creating a high performance health care system for the region.
The Greater Boston Quality Coalition's (GBQC) mission is to create substantive change and sustained improvement in the area's health care system through community-wide performance measurement and reporting, consumer engagement and quality improvement efforts. The Coalition's initial focus is on reducing preventable emergency department visits and associated admissions as an indicator for assuring appropriate care in the community. GBQC will work to achieve and sustain community-wide improvements in caring for patients with chronic health conditions such as asthma and diabetes, as well as focusing on improving access to primary care services.
Areas/Population Served:
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Our areas of focus
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