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MN Community Measurement Recognizes HealthPartners Medical Group for Consistent Quality Health Care
2007 Quality Ratings measure 128 Medical Groups across Minnesota
November 16, 2007
Bloomington, Minn. – MN Community Measurement recognized the HealthPartners Medical Group for providing consistent high quality care for patients in its 2007 annual performance ratings, released yesterday. MN Community Measurement is a St. Paul-based nonprofit group dedicated to improving health care quality.
MN Community Measurement observed that the HealthPartners Medical Group scored three stars (top performance) on 10 of 12 quality measures. This is the second consecutive year that HealthPartners Medical Group has registered top performance in at least 10 of the 12 measures, which include: optimal diabetes care, controlling high blood pressure, proper asthma medication management, optimal vascular care, proper treatment of colds in children, proper testing of sore throats in children, children's immunizations, optimal cancer screening (composite), breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening and Chlamydia screening.
"Our performance is a direct result of our work to redesign the way we deliver care," said Beth Averbeck, M.D. associate medical director, health care improvement for HealthPartners. In 2004, HealthPartners Medical Group began redesigning its workflows and practice model to maximize the skills of Prepared Practice Teams. These teams consist of a physician, nurse, receptionist and other staff who work together and directly with patients to provide consistent high quality care and patient experience. The teams leverage a sophisticated electronic medical record to ensure health information availability for caregivers and patients at all times.
Teams focus work around five core patient interactions including: scheduling, pre-visit planning, check-in, visit, and post visit. The model anticipates patient needs before a visit, reminds patients about important health issues and provides follow-up and ongoing support for specific patient needs. The American Medical Group Association honored HealthPartners Medical Group for its redesign work with the 2006 Acclaim Award.
The 2007 MN Community Measurement performance ratings are available at www.mnhealthcare.org.
About HealthPartners Medical Group
HealthPartners Medical Group is one of Minnesota's largest medical groups with more than 700 physicians practicing in more than 35 medical and surgical specialties, providing care at more than 50 HealthPartners, RiverWay and North Suburban clinics located in the Twin Cities, as well as in hospitals in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. The HealthPartners Medical Group is part of the HealthPartners family of health care organizations focused on improving the health of its members and community. Please visit the HealthPartners web site at www.healthpartners.com.
About MN Community Measurement
MN Community Measurement is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Minnesota by publicly reporting quality results. Founded by Minnesota's health plans and the Minnesota Medical Association, MN Community Measurement is a collaborative that works with health plans, clinics, employers and consumers to spur quality improvement, reduce health care costs and maximize value.
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serve more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the third year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQA's "America's Best Health Plans 2007" and is ranked "Highest in Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Region" by J.D. Power and Associates.
Contact: 952-883-5223
Pager: 612-613-4527
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