Partners
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke.
MassPRO and the AHA are key partners in both the heart failure prevention initiative and the AHA “Get With the Guidelines Program”™ , a quality improvement program that encourages hospitals to consistently treat and discharge patients according to evidence-based guidelines. This program is designed to “close the treatment gap and reduce disparities in the acute care and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.”
The AHA supports MassPRO’s initiatives by providing nationally recognized speakers, research results, software and practice management tools, which assist in garnering real-time data.
Massachusetts Hospital Association
The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization comprised of hospitals and health systems, related organizations, and other members that have a common interest in promoting the health of the residents in the Commonwealth. Through leadership in public advocacy, education and information, MHA represents and advances the collective interests of its member hospitals and health systems, and supports efforts to provide high-quality, cost-effective and accessible care.
Massachusetts Medical Society
Founded in 1781, the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the United States and is the publisher of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
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Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Prevention
The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Prevention was formed in 2004 , with the goal of improving patient safety and reducing medical errors through coordinating state agency initiatives and patient safety programs, promoting ongoing collaboration between the public and private sectors, and promoting safety through educating both health care providers and patients. The center is named for Betsy Lehman, a Boston Globe reporter who died in 1994 as a result of a chemotherapy overdose.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization driving the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care. Founded in 1991 based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, IHI offers comprehensive products and services. IHI is a reliable source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide. The Institute helps accelerate change in health care by cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and turning those ideas into action.
Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting the development and value of health plans in Massachusetts. Its mission and vision are to improve health for all in Massachusetts by promoting affordable, safe, and coordinated health care and to create trust in the value that health plans contribute to the health care system.
Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors was established to develop a campaign in the Commonwealth to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. The goals of the Coalition are to disseminate knowledge and information about the causes of sentinel events and develop strategies for prevention. The Coalition plans to drive improvement by making this information available to health professionals and health care institutions for use in their own quality improvement programs through a statewide campaign. This initiative seeks to strengthen the public’s trust and confidence in the health care delivery system as well, by increasing awareness of error prevention strategies through public and professional education.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s mission is to serve all the people of the Commonwealth, particularly the underserved, and to promote healthy people, healthy families, healthy communities, and healthy environments through compassionate care, education, and prevention.
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium was founded in 1978 by the state’s major public and private health care organizations. They recognized the need for a neutral agency, an “honest broker,” independent of special interests, to collect, analyze and disseminate health care information. The Consortium’s information products, services, and special projects support health policy development, technology planning and implementation, and improved decision making in the allocation and financing of health care.
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners is a broad-based coalition of physicians, hospitals, health plans, purchasers, consumers, and government agencies working together to promote improvement in the quality of health care services in Massachusetts. MHQP was first established in 1995 by a group of Massachusetts health care leaders who identified the importance of valid, comparable measures to drive improvement.
Massachusetts Hospital Association
The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization comprised of hospitals and health systems, related organizations, and other members with common interest in promoting the health of the residents of the Commonwealth. Through its leadership in public advocacy, education, and information, MHA represents and advocates for the collective interests of its member hospitals and health systems, and supports their efforts to provide high quality, cost effective, and accessible care.
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) is the state’s development agency for renewable energy and the innovation economy, which is responsible for one-quarter of all jobs in the state. MTC administers the John Adams Innovation Institute and the Renewable Energy Trust. We work to stimulate economic activity in communities throughout the Commonwealth.
MedQIC
The Medicare Quality Improvement Community (MedQIC) Web site is a free on-line resource for quality improvement interventions and associated tools, toolkits, presentations, and links to other resources.
QualityNet
Established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), QualityNet provides healthcare quality improvement news, resources and data reporting tools and applications used by healthcare providers and others.
QualityNet is the only CMS-approved website for secure communications and healthcare quality data exchange between: quality improvement organizations (QIOs), hospitals, physician offices, nursing homes, end stage renal disease (ESRD) networks and facilities, and data vendors.
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