About PHCQA:
Overview
Who We Are
The Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance (PHCQA) is a voluntary group of heath care organizations collaboratively working together to improve the quality of health care for the people of Pennsylvania.
What We Are Trying To Do
Develop a consensus-driven, statewide approach to quality measurement that is built upon quality of care data from a variety of public data sources. We believe that by sharing aggregated quality performance data openly through public reporting on the Internet, we can provide valuable, objective health care quality information for all consumers, while at the same time identifying and sharing best practices to improve the performance of all stakeholders.
What We Aspire To Be
An independent, unbiased organization which provides easy-to-understand health care quality information; recognized as a trusted and respected source of publicly reported data; transparent, inclusive, and consensus-driven in its governance and core processes; willing to innovate, adapt, and evolve to support the advancement of health care quality.
What organizations are involved
Participating organizations include the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), which represents more than 225 hospitals and health systems across the state; the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of HAP; the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania; Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Capital BlueCross; Highmark; Independence Blue Cross; the Geisinger Health Plan; UPMC Health Plan; the Pennsylvania Medical Society; Pfizer; the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders; and representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
