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News20087/15/08 - Meghan Meeker Welcomed as Member Services and Project Specialist
2/1/08 - Wisconsin Receives Coveted Designation of Chartered Value Exchange 1/25/08 - Visit from Health & Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt 1/7/08 - Kathy Werner Joins WCHQ as Director of Performance Measurement and Improvement 1/3/08 - WCHQ Featured in the Wisconsin Medical Journal 20079/26/07 - Cindy Schlough Hired as Director of Member Services and Strategic Partnerships 5/25/07 - Wisconsin Quality & Safety Forum - Save the Date! 2/15/07 - Medicare To Provide Beneficiaries With Information On Physician Performance As Part Of Value-Driven Health Care Initiative 2/1/07 - Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality Will Work on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Three-Year National Program Which Uses Local Market Forces to Help the Chronically Ill Receive High-Quality Health Care 20066/16/06 - Aurora Physicians Continue Their Pledge to Provide Data to Public 1/04/06 - WCHQ Launches Postpartum Care Measure 200511/11/05 - WCHQ Launches Hypertension Measure 7/22/05 - Collaborative Continues to Grow Statewide - New Additions Bring Membership to 25 6/23/05 - Healthcare Quality Group announces new performance measures 4/19/05 - What Wisconsin leaders are saying about the 2005 Performance and Progress Report 4/8/05 - The Post-Crescent: Consumers get way to compare health care 4/8/05 - Green Bay Press-Gazette: Serigraph crafts affordable health care 4/7/05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Health care quality data just a click away 4/7/05 - Leader-Telegram: Web-based report lets patients do checkup on doctors, hospitals (registration required) 4/7/05 - WisBusiness.com: Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality: Launches 2005 Performance & Progress Report 4/7/05 - Green Bay Press-Gazette: Healthcare Quality report due out today 200408/09/04 - Prevea Health Services Joins Quality Effort (PDF) 07/14/04 - Wisconsin Business Leaders Endorse Healthcare Economic Efficiency Measure - Goal To Provide Quality, Cost & Value Comparisons Among Providers (PDF) 06/22/04 - Eleven New Healthcare Providers Join Collaborative Group Doubles in Size, Will Provide Comparative Data (PDF) 06/22/04 - Business, Healthcare Partners Join Collaborative Board (PDF) 05/11/04 - Working Together to Improve Quality: The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality & The Wisconsin Hospital Association (CheckPoint) (PDF) 03/17/04 - Columbia St. Mary's and Advanced Healthcare Are First to Join Expanded Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (PDF) 02/13/04 - Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality Opens Quality and Cost Reporting Process - Group Signs Contract With MetaStar, an Independent Auditor (PDF) 2003
11/26/03 - Collaborative Hires Executive Director (PDF)
11/5/03 - WEA Trust Release (PDF)
10/9/03 - Gov. Doyle Release (PDF)
3/17/03 - Announcement Release (PDF) Media Coverage200401/24/04 - Measurement of cost efficiency in health care needed 2003The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Inc. announced its first Performance & Progress Report on Tuesday, October 21 at the First Annual Quality Healthcare Summit in Milwaukee. The report emphasizes comparative quality data on 42 performance measures developed among the nine Wisconsin providers and their business partners. Governor Doyle and a handful of healthcare and business executives throughout the state emphasized the importance of transparency in healthcare reporting. Following are links to articles covering the Summit and the Performance & Progress Report. Appleton Post Crescent Editorial: Healthcare report a valuable tool (10/25/03) Business Journal of Milwaukee Editorial: Healthcare providers should join Collaborative (10/31/03) Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Quality reporting urged in health care (10/21/03) Green Bay Press Gazette Marshfield News Herald
Hospitals, clinics join forces (10/22/03) La Crosse Tribune
Report on Gundersen Lutheran quality released (10/21/03) Stevens Point Journal Sentry, Marshfield Clinic join health effort (09/26/03) Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Marshfield health-care providers join forces (10/23/03) amednews.com Wisconsin physicians, hospitals team up on data initiative WMC Online Action Report Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality Releases First Report Media coverage of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Inc.
Several Appleton hospitals were recognized as quality care providers on Solutient's "100 Top Hospitals" List. ThedaCare Hospitals, Appleton Medical Center and ThedaClark Medical Center, were recognized as was Affinity owned St. Elizabeth Hospital. Health Maintenance Organizations for both ThedaCare and Affinity were rated "Excellent", the highest national ranking for quality of managed care plans, by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business professor, applauds Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality for promoting a consumer driven marketplace in an attempt to lower costs and create more informed purchasing decisions.
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