WCHQ News Releases

Recognized for exceptional quality improvement, leadership

The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) presented Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS)with an award for excellence in quality improvement leadership at WCHQ’s annual Statewide Quality Improvement Event June 5 in Madison. Dr. Susan Schneider, chief medical officer, Aspirus Clinics, presented the award. Accepting on behalf of HCHS were Kori Krueger, MD, chief quality officer, and Tammy Simon, vice president of the Institute for Quality, Innovation & Patient Safety.

WCHQ annually honors a select number of member organizations for superior clinical performance and patient outcomes. This award, however, recognizes one organization for exceptional quality improvement, active engagement with WCHQ’s work, and mentorship of other organizations. One of the attributes that WCHQ’s Quality Planning Committee took into consideration in their criteria for this award was Marshfield Clinic Health System’s notable improvement across many of the WCHQ measures and their participation on and willingness to share with WCHQ Steering Teams.

“Marshfield Clinic performs well across many of the quality measures WCHQ scores, but their willingness to share what they know with other organizations and help them improve the quality of their patient care demonstrates their commitment to ensure all Wisconsin’s citizens have access to high quality care, no matter where they live,” according to WCHQ President/CEO Chris Queram.

WCHQ is dedicated to helping health care professionals improve the quality and affordability of health care through collaboration, sharing best practices, and publicly reporting information that health care organizations can use to benchmark and compare their performance. WCHQ’s membership includes Wisconsin’s integrated health systems, hospitals, medical clinics and independent physician groups. For more information visit WCHQ.org.

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