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Aurora physicians continue their pledge to provide data to public
Madison--Aurora Medical Group has joined the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, further increasing the value of the organization’s comparative healthcare quality data provided to businesses and consumers in the state. "The 680 physicians that make up Aurora Medical Group are pleased to join the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality," said Jeffrey W. Bailet, MD, president of Aurora Medical Group. "We look forward to using the data we submit to the Collaborative-and the information we get back about how our performance compares to other medical groups in the state-to improve patient care." "We’re also deeply committed to the collaborative’s efforts to provide data about our performance to the public," said Patrick Falvey, Ph.D., Aurora’s vice president for Care Management and Clinical Research Administration. "Our patients deserve to know about the quality of the healthcare they receive, so they can make good healthcare choices. The collaborative has developed a set of meaningful measures so the public can compare the performance of participating physician groups. In addition, the focus of the collaborative on quality improvement is consistent with our efforts at Aurora Medical Group." The collaborative’s interactive website features 45 measures of healthcare quality performance in areas such as care for diabetes, hypertension, and pneumonia; critical care and surgery; heart care; women’s health; and patient satisfaction. The site also includes cost and quality comparisons for some types of care. Data from Aurora Medical Group will be available soon on the collaborative’s website at www.wchq.org. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality is a voluntary consortium of organizations learning and working together to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare for the people of Wisconsin by developing and publicly reporting measures of healthcare performance. Today, the Collaborative is a group of over 40 physician groups, hospitals, and health plans with statewide reach and impact. The group remains committed to transparency and accountability through public reporting and to using comparative results to identify and share best practices to improve clinical outcomes throughout the state. Collaborative members include: Advanced Healthcare, Milwaukee; Affinity Medical Group, Oshkosh; Agnesian HealthCare, Fond du Lac; All Saints Medical Group, Racine; Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau; Aurora Medical Group, Milwaukee; Bellin Health, Green Bay; Columbia St. Mary’s, Milwaukee; Covenant Medical Group, Milwaukee Dean Health System, Madison; Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, La Crosse; Froedtert and Community Health, Milwaukee; Gundersen Lutheran, La Crosse; Luther Midelfort, Eau Claire; Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield; Medical Associates Health Centers, Menomonee Falls; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Meriter Hospital and Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation, Madison; Prevea Health Services, Green Bay; ProHealth Care Medical Centers, Waukesha; Sacred Heart Hospital; Eau Claire; Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, Madison; ThedaCare, Appleton; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison; and University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Madison. |
