Washington’s Best-Performing Clinics Set the Bar for Clinical Quality
Some Washington clinics aren’t just meeting national benchmarks for preventive care. They’re beating them by a wide margin. The Community Checkup 2026 spotlights the top-performing clinics across the state for six clinical quality measures, and the results show what’s possible when care teams stay focused on the right things.
Why These Measures Matter
The six measures in this year’s Best In Class recognition aren’t arbitrary. Each targets a place where catching something early, or skipping a test that won’t help, can change a patient’s life. Breast, colon, and cervical cancer screenings catch disease before symptoms appear. Diabetic eye exams prevent blindness. Chlamydia screening protects long-term reproductive health. Avoiding unnecessary imaging for acute low back pain keeps patients out of a costly, often unhelpful diagnostic loop.
Together, they represent a straightforward question: are patients getting the right care at the right time?
| Measure | State Avg | National 90th | Top Clinic in WA | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Screening | 68% | 81% | Northwest Primary Care – Richmond Beach Clinic | 93% |
| Colon Cancer Screening | 58% | – | Trios Care Center at Chavallo Complex | 90% |
| Cervical Cancer Screening | 61% | 81% | Franciscan Women’s Specialty Associates – St. Anthony’s | 92% |
| Chlamydia Screening | 35% | 64% | Virginia Mason University Village Medical Center | 68% |
| Diabetic Eye Exam | 52% | 64% | UW Medical Center – Eye Center | 96% |
| Avoiding Imaging for Acute Low Back Pain | 79% | 82% | UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinic – Belltown | 90% |
| Measure | State Avg | National 90th | Top Clinic in WA | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Screening | 40% | 66% | East Wenatchee Medical | 83% |
| Colon Cancer Screening | 33% | – | Swedish Primary Care – Green Lake | 72% |
| Cervical Cancer Screening | 45% | 68% | Sea Mar Community Health Centers – Vancouver Women’s Health | 81% |
| Chlamydia Screening | 44% | 69% | Planned Parenthood – San Juan | 79% |
| Diabetic Eye Exam | 38% | 69% | Evergreen Eye Center | 92% |
| Avoiding Imaging for Acute Low Back Pain | 73% | 78% | Miramar Health Center | 85% |
Room to Grow
The state averages tell a story worth sitting with. Colon cancer screening reaches just 58% of eligible commercial patients and 33% of Medicaid patients. Chlamydia screening, critical for catching an infection that often has no symptoms, sits at 35% for commercial and 44% for Medicaid. Diabetic eye exam rates are 52% and 38%, respectively, even though the complications of undetected diabetic eye disease can be irreversible.
These are opportunities with a clear path forward.
The clinics recognized in this year’s report prove that high performance is achievable across very different practice settings: urban and rural, large health systems and community health centers, commercial and Medicaid populations. The gap between the state average and the top performers isn’t a mystery to solve. It’s a distance to close, one clinic at a time.
Every percentage point represents real people who got a screening they needed, or avoided a test that wouldn’t have helped them. That’s what this data is for.
The Washington Health Alliance publishes Community Checkup results so clinicians, health plans, employers, and patients can see the full picture. When everyone sees where care quality is strong and where opportunity exists, improvement becomes a shared project.
Explore the full Community Checkup 2026 results at WACommunityCheckup.org and see how clinics in your community are performing.