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Pathways to Excellence (PTE) is the name of each of the public reporting initiatives of the Maine Health Management Coalition (MHMC). MHMC currently measures and publicly reports quality data on primary care practices and hospitals at www.mhmc.info. Efforts to measure and publicly report quality data on specialists are currently underway.
Since 2002, steering committees that include physicians, nurses, employers, quality and safety experts, and health plans have guided the PTE initiatives. The collaboration of all key stakeholders offers the opportunity to thoroughly discuss and understand issues and barriers from all perspectives to create a reasonable set of measures acceptable to all. The steering committee members invest a great deal of time to make certain the MHMC is using the most accurate and reliable data available to measure doctor and hospital performance. The steering committee also develops key metrics where necessary, consumer reports, and approaches to rewarding practices for high quality and value.
Pathways to Excellence – Physicians Initiative
The Pathways to Excellence - Physicians Initiative measures, reports, and improves the quality and value of healthcare in Maine at the adult and pediatric primary care level.
MHMC designed the Pathways to Excellence - Physicians Initiative project to:
- Get information concerning the quality of care of primary care physician practices out to employees, their families, and other healthcare consumers
- Reward practices that demonstrate high quality care
Over the last several years, efforts have been underway to develop measures for select specialty areas.
As with all MHMC-F initiatives, the PTE Physician Steering Committee is multistakeholder.
Pathways to Excellence - Systems Initiative
The Pathways to Excellence - Systems Initiative measures and reports on the quality and value of healthcare in Maine and at the health system level.
MHMC designed the Pathways to Excellence - Systems Initiative to:
- Identify, select and publish system wide performance measures that reflect the move to population health management and accountable care. These measures include not only quality and safety meaures, but also cost, utilization and functional outcome measures.
- Reward health systems that demonstrate high quality care.
As with all MHMC-F initiatives, the PTE Systems Steering Committee is multistakeholder.
Are you a hospital or physician practice that is interested in becoming involved in Pathways to Excellence? Click HERE.
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