CHIA monitors and reports on the quality of care provided in the Massachusetts health care system using a standardized set of metrics, the Commonwealth's Standard Quality Measure Set (SQMS).
The 2018 edition A Focus on Provider Quality includes—for the first time—a series of interactive graphics accessible on the webpage below. The report is also accompanied by an executive summary, databook, which includes all available performance data on SQMS measures by medical group or hospital, and a technical appendix. Read more...
As part of CHIA’s ongoing work to monitor health care quality in the Commonwealth, A Focus on Provider Quality: Selected Clinical Measures, 2018 examines performance across a subset of metrics from the NCQA Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). Read more....
CHIA maintains a standard set of measures for monitoring and improving Massachusetts health care. This ensures that providers of the same services are measured on consistent criteria that align with Massachusetts reform priorities. Read more...
The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety is an independent state agency with a broad mandate to improve patient safety in Massachusetts. Read more