(January 2026)
Repertoire Magazine has published a broad-sweeping article highlighting MHQP’s commitment to strengthening primary care in Massachusetts and beyond. Based on an interview with President and CEO Barbra Rabson, the piece explores:
(January 2026)
Happy New Year from MHQP!
As we prepare to celebrate our 30th anniversary at an event in May 2026, we reflect on our achievements in 2025 and MHQP’s vital role in driving improvements in healthcare quality in Massachusetts over the past three decades. Our journey is marked by notable
(December 2025)
MHQP President and CEO, Barbra Rabson, ended 2025 with an urgent call to increase support for primary care in a Letter to the Editor published in the December 30th issue of the Boston Globe, calling the recommendations from the state’s Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force
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(October 2025)
MHQP President and CEO, Barbra Rabson, was interviewed by the The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety’s Patient Safety Beat on the urgent need to address challenges in primary care.
The interview highlights primary care’s crucial role as the foundation of the healthcare system and in keeping patients safe. Barbra
(September 2025)
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) issued an important report last week that reveals deeply concerning disparities in health outcomes and quality of care in our state.
The report is entitled “Equity in Quality of Care: Select Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Measures in Massachusetts Stratified by Race and
(September 2025)
When Barbra Rabson, MHQP’s President and CEO, read the list of award winners at MHQP’s Annual Patient Experience Awards Celebration earlier this year, she had to take a deep breath before reading the awards for Marion Pediatrics. That’s because Marion Pediatrics received awards in five categories — for Patient-Provider
(August 2025)
Unnecessary ED visits are widely seen as a costly symptom of a healthcare system with insufficient access to primary care. When people cannot easily get in to see a primary care clinician, they often end up in the ED for conditions that are better managed in the primary care setting. This is why one of the most
(August 2025)
We at MHQP were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Nancy B. Finn earlier this summer after a brief illness. Nancy was a key member of MHQP’s Consumer Health Council from 2015-2025 and served on MHQP’s Board of Directors from 2015-2020. She was a respected leader in digital
(July 2025)
MHQP continues to focus attention on the urgent need to address our failing primary care system — this time with a Letter to the Editor by President and CEO Barbra Rabson published in the July 24th issue of The Boston Globe. With the Globe’s permission, we are posting
(November 2025)