Community Collaboratives

Regence makes quality measures available on a community basis by partnering with community collaboratives. Community collaboratives are organizations that bring data from broad sources together to create quality performance measures that can be used by all in the community.

By providing useful quality and cost information to our members, we are creating a culture where patients learn to access and experience value in health care.

Regence decided to pursue this strategy for many different reasons, including:

• Learning is shared
• Duplication is minimized
• The combined results are greater
• Access to national support/external resources may be more readily available

Regence actively supports and participates in the following community efforts:

• The Puget Sound Health Alliance (PSHA) in Washington is one of the most sophisticated quality measurement organizations in the United States, and Regence has actively supported it from its inception. Regence representatives serve on the board of directors and various committees. PSHA regularly publishes its quality performance measures, available to the public.
• In Oregon, the Health Care Quality Corporation (QCORP)  reports quality performance measures. Regence’s representatives serve as the chair of the board of directors and on various committees, including providing communications support in maximizing Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.
• Utah’s Partnership for Value Driven Health Care will utilize another community resource, the All Payer Database as its source for data to produce publicly available measures by the end of 2009. Regence serves on the steering committee and is actively involved in bringing additional business community support for the Partnership. Regence led the legislative effort to create the All Payer Database and continues to support its progress.
• Regence has provided education to the Employers’ Health Care Coalition of Idaho regarding community collaborative efforts such as PSHA, QCORP and the Partnership. The Employers’ Health Care Coalition has created the Idaho Collaborative for Health Quality, has engaged a consultant to bring community stakeholders to the organization, and is working to gain the support of the Idaho Governor’s Health Quality Commission. Regence supports these efforts and serves on the steering committee for the Idaho Collaborative.

After reviewing this information, should you have questions about our Quality Initiatives, please contact us.