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MN Community Measurement featured by Wall Street Journal’s Anna Wilde Mathews in "Compare and Contrast"
Published: October 27, 2009
MN HealthScores and the work of MN Community Measurement is described as one of six "Innovations in Delivering Health Care" – changes that could help bring more care to more people, more efficiently. The article discusses how public reporting of quality measures is driving improvement and providing consumers with information they can use to make decisions about their health.
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MN Community Measurement’s depression measure featured on Minnesota Public Radio in “All Things Considered” with Dr. Jon Hallberg
Published August 26, 2009.
Dr. Jon Hallberg from Minnesota Public Radio discusses the recent release of depression treatment results for Minnesota, published for the first time by MN Community Measurement in August 2009. He stresses the need for improvement in depression care and the importance of using the PHQ-9 to diagnose and monitor depression consistently across clinics.
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MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities Report Featured by Kaiser Family Foundation Web site in “Study shows quality of care disparity between residents with public, private health insurance”
Published: April 20, 2009.
Low-income and older Minnesota residents who have health insurance through government-sponsored programs do not receive the same standard of care in key categories as patients with private insurance even though they are treated by the same health care providers, but the gap is narrowing, according to a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
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MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities Report Featured by West Central Tribune's Anne Polta in “Report looks at area health care disparities”
Published: April 18, 2009.
When the staff at Affiliated Community Medical Centers (ACMC) sat down to talk to local Somali leaders about how to better meet their health care needs, they learned a lot. Willmar's West Central Tribune reports on this, using MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities Report to measure ACMC's progress.
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MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities Report Featured by Star Tribune's Chen May Yee in “Study finds gap in public, private health care”
Published: April 16, 2009.
Patients covered by government plans do not receive the same quality of care, though the difference has narrowed in the past few years, MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities report found.
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MN Community Measurement's 2008 Health Care Disparities Report Featured by Pioneer Press' Jeremy Olson in “Minnesota / Care for publicly insured still lags”
Published: April 13, 2009
Poor Minnesotans continue to receive worse health care than richer residents who can afford private health insurance, according to Minnesota Community Measurement's second annual health disparities report.
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MN Community Measurement Featured on KARE 11 News
Originally Aired: February 14, 2008.
KARE 11 News featured MN Community Measurement as part of its Extra report on health care quality ratings. Rick Kupchella reports on MN Community Measurement’s diabetes measure and how clinics in Minnesota are measuring up.
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