Public reporting of medical group quality is rapidly gaining momentum and will soon become mandatory. The most recent evidence of this is the
ConsumerReportsHealth® ratings for 19 medical groups across Wisconsin on preventive services and vascular disease. The data was provided by the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ)--the benchmarking collaborative that PHMG uses for our diabetes triple bundle measure.
The 15-page report is well worth scanning. It is a good example of what patients will expect in the future as they make choices about where to get care--definitely a glimpse of things to come.
At PeaceHealth, Dr. Eleen Kirman and I are working to help our group prepare for public reporting by 2014 and beyond. Implementation of Epic, our new electronic health record, and other initiatives will be a key part of moving us forward in this effort. You can expect to see ongoing updates on this work in the future.
While public reporting will be mandatory for (and meaningful to) the
public, we're also keenly aware of its importance in
recruitment, which is why we aim to leverage our efforts in this area to showcase PHMG's exceptional quality and service to attract the best physicians and providers to our group.
We look forward to partnering with you in our group's pursuit of high-quality health care.
If you have a particular interest in transparency or data reporting, please shoot me an email.
