Washington Health Alliance

We cannot fix what we don’t measure. To improve quality, decrease waste and improve affordability of health care in this region, we need better information to assess performance and cost. The Alliance offers focused, data-driven reports on health care cost and quality in the state of Washington. The reports help the health care community determine how well we’re doing as a state to reach our goals for quality and value in health care.

Choosing Wisely®

Choosing Wisely® is a national initiative helping physicians and patients have conversations about the overuse of tests and procedures and supporting physician efforts to help patients make smart and effective care choices.

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Community Checkup

Produced annually, the Community Checkup has become the go-to resource for unbiased, trustworthy data about the quality of health care in Washington state.

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Different Regions, Different Care

By looking at health care service delivery patterns for 11 common tests and procedures, the Alliance found significant geographic variation in how often these tests and procedures, which can be expensive and pose potential medical risk, are delivered.

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First, Do No Harm Report

Released in February 2018, “First, Do No Harm: Calculating Health Care Waste in Washington State” utilized the MedInsight Health Waste Calculator to produce an analysis of low-value health care services across the state. The findings are significant, showing that just 11 health care services account for millions of dollars of waste in Washington.

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Your Voice Matters

Your Voice Matters is an initiative to understand patients’ experience with their primary health care providers. This is the only report of its kind in Washington state.

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Additional Reports

2012 Medical Group Survey Results

As part of ongoing quality improvement efforts, the Alliance conducted a survey of primary care medical groups and clinics that had participated in the Community Checkup.

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Clinical Improvement Team Reports

Between 2006 and 2007, our clinical improvement team developed reports on specific conditions or categories of care. Each report recommends clinical care guidelines, quality measures and strategies for achieving optimal performance on the quality measures.

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Disparities in Care Report

The purpose of this report is to help providers who serve Medicaid populations better understand potential disparities within their practice and help them identify both areas of improvement and successes that can be replicated.

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eValue8™

Sponsored by the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), eValue8™ is the nation’s leading, evidence-based request for information tool used to assess the quality of health plans.

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Generic Drug Prescribing Report

Because pharmaceutical management is an important component of high quality health care, this report reveals the generic fill rate at the individual provider level for four classes of prescription drugs.

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Hospital Readmissions

Efforts to reduce hospital readmissions not only improve the health of patients, but can also help control spiraling medical costs. This report looks at hospital readmissions for the commercially insured in Washington state.

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Hospital Sticker Shock

Higher price of care does not necessarily mean higher quality care. Reports on health care prices, paired with reports on quality like you can find on our Community Checkup website, are important information for health plans, employers, providers and consumers.

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Resource Use

The Resource Use report looks at utilization, or use of health care services, as a driver of health care costs. Using Community Checkup data, this report looks at the physician services offered for specific surgical procedures.

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Right Care, Right Setting

This report offers a unique look at the problem of potentially avoidable ER visits in Washington state.

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