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- Doctors' offices with a completely filled circle scored highest on the measure.
- Doctors' offices with a half-filled circle scored higher than some, but lower than others on the measure.
- Doctors' offices with an empty circle scored lower than many doctor's offices on the measure.
While viewing report results, you can click on the symbol to see the doctor's office's actual score for each measure.
A diamond icon marks a special designation of Top Performance. When you see a diamond it means that the score for this measure was among the highest achieved by all doctors' offices.
When you see ND in place of a circle icon it means that there was too little data to report on this measure. This can happen when:
- Not enough patients answered the questions about a doctor's office.
- Not enough patients at a doctor's office received care that could be included in measure results.
- Not enough doctors in a doctor's office gave care that could be included in measure results.
MHQP Patient Experience Awards
This "star" icon means this practice has received an MHQP Patient Experience Award for top performance in this category.
These awards recognize the adult and pediatric primary care practices that perform highest on MHQP's annual statewide Patient Experience Survey.
MHQP Patient Experience Award for Most Improved
MHQP recognizes practices that achieved the greatest improvement in the past year in a specific performance category on MHQP's annual statewide patient experience survey. This icon means this practice has received this recognition.
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
Children need to have many visits to their doctor in the first 15 months of life. These well visits (check-ups) are to see how well a child is growing and to provide preventive care, such as screening tests and vaccines to protect against childhood diseases. These visits are also a way for parents and doctors to start working with each other as partners for the child's health.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 0 to 15 months. It looks at the percent of those children who had at least 6 well visits with a doctor in the first 15 months of life.
What you can do to manage your child's care
- Make and keep all the appointments your child needs. This includes well visits, shots, and appointments when your child is sick.
- Keep a record of your child's immunizations and share it with all your child's health care doctors.
- Call or visit your child's doctor when there are problems or something seems wrong.
- Help your child develop good habits. This includes eating healthy foods, being active, or reading every day.
What your doctor can do to help manage your child's care
- Talk with you about what to expect as your child grows. This discussion will include normal changes as well as problems that may arise.
- Give your child all needed immunizations.
- Teach you ways to help your child stay healthy.
Well-Child Visits (First 15 Months of Life)
Doctor's office results for well visits
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 93% of children ages 0 to 15 months of age had at least 6 well visits with a doctor in the first 15 months of life.
Statewide, 95% of children had all of their well visits.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your child's pediatrician to see how your child is growing. Every child should have at least 6 well visits with the doctor by the time he or she is 15 months old.
Why getting tested for chlamydia is important:
Chlamydia is an infection that is easily spread through sexual contact. If it is left untreated, chlamydia can have serious consequences such as infertility and a greater chance of contracting HIV. Although people of any gender can have chlamydia, it is most common in women. Because chlamydia has few symptoms and most people with chlamydia do not show symptoms, it is very important to have screening test done as part of a yearly health exam.
Healthcare quality measure:
This measure looks at sexually active women patients ages 16 to 20 that have had a test to check for chlamydia in the past year.
What you can do to get tested for chlamydia
- Talk with a doctor about your risks of having chlamydia.
- Make sure to have a routine health exam each year.
What your doctor can do to help you understand getting tested for chlamydia
- Let you know if you need a chlamydia screening test. This depends on your age, health, sexual activity, and family history. Young women who are sexually active are most at risk for having chlamydia.
- Talk with you about safe sex practices to reduce the risk of getting chlamydia.
Chlamydia Screening (Ages 16 to 20)
Doctor's office result for chlamydia screening
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 64% of sexually active women between ages 16-20 had a test to screen (check) for chlamydia in the past year.
Statewide, 74% were screened.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care, or care that all healthy adults should have. All sexually active women between the ages of 16 and 20 should have a test to check for chlamydia. Getting a chlamydia test every year will test to make sure a patient does not have chlamydia.
Why measuring asthma medication use is important:
Doctors often prescribe two types of medicine for patients with asthma. One is a long-term control medicine (also known as preventive medicine). It is taken every day to help patients manage symptoms and prevent asthma attacks. The other is a quick-relief medicine. It is taken during asthma attacks when symptoms are worse.
Taken as prescribed, long-term control medicine can help prevent or reduce the number of asthma attacks a patient has. This means that a person with asthma might not need quick-relief medicine as often and will be less likely to need to go to the hospital to treat an asthma attack.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at how often patients with asthma (ages 5 to 64) fill prescriptions for long-term control asthma medications compared to quick relief asthma medications, with the goal of more long-term control medications being used.
What you can do to manage your asthma
- Learn about asthma. Find out what can trigger (cause) asthma attacks and learn ways to stay healthy. Some examples of triggers are dust, mold, pollen, smoke, and allergies.
- Notice asthma attack symptoms. These symptoms can include shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing.
- Check your “peak flow,” which is how fast air comes out when you breathe. Checking your peak flow using a peak flow meter can help you track and manage your asthma.
- Meet regularly with your doctor. It is important to keep all appointments as your symptoms can change over time.
- Make sure to take all your asthma medicines, just as the doctor prescribed. This includes taking medicine even when you feel well.
- Teach others about asthma. Share copies of your asthma action plan with your family members and employer, and instruct them on what to do when you need help.
What your doctor can do to help you manage your asthma
- Test how mild or severe your asthma is.
- Teach you about asthma triggers (causes) that can lead to asthma attacks.
- Talk to you about medicine to help asthma, and explain the differences between medicines if you have more than one. There are two types of asthma medicines. Long-term control (preventive) medicine controls asthma symptoms. You need to take this medicine every day. Quick-relief medicine is taken only when your symptoms are worse or during asthma attacks.
- Work with you to write an "asthma action plan." This includes your asthma triggers, asthma medicines, and what to do during an asthma attack.
- Talk with you about smoking, second-hand smoke, and other factors in your environment that affect asthma.
- Test for foods or other allergens that may trigger asthma.
Medicine Use for People with Asthma (Ages 5 to 64)
There is not enough data to report on this measure for this doctor's office. This can happen when:
- Not enough patients answered the questions about a doctor's office
- Not enough patients at a doctor's office received care that could be included in measure results
- Not enough doctors in a doctor's office gave care that could be included in measure results
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
Toddlers need to have multiple visits to their doctor during ages 15 to 30 months. These well visits (check-ups) are to see how well a child is growing and to provide preventive care, such as screening tests and vaccines to protect against childhood diseases. These visits are also a way for parents and doctors to start working with each other as partners for the child's health.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 15 to 30 months. It looks at the percent of those children who had at least 2 well visits with a doctor during ages 15 to 30 months.
What you can do to manage your child's care
- Make and keep all the appointments your child needs. This includes well visits, shots, and appointments when your child is sick.
- Keep a record of your child's immunizations and share it with all your child's health care doctors.
- Call or visit your child's doctor when there are problems or something seems wrong.
- Help your child develop good habits. This includes eating healthy foods, being active, or reading every day.
What your doctor can do to help manage your child's care
- Talk with you about what to expect as your child grows. This discussion will include normal changes as well as problems that may arise.
- Give your child all needed immunizations.
- Teach you ways to help your child stay healthy.
Well-Child Visits (Ages 15 to 30 Months)
Doctor's office results for well visits
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 100% of children ages 15 to 30 months of age had at least 2 well visits with a doctor.
Statewide, 96% of children had all of their well visits.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your child's pediatrician to see how your child is growing. Every child should have at least 2 well visits with the doctor during ages 15 to 30 months.
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year during childhood is to promote healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. This is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during these years can put a child at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children ages 3 to 11 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the child is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the child is sick.
What you can do to manage your child's care
- Make and keep all the appointments your child needs. This includes well visits, shots, and appointments when your child is sick.
- Keep a record of your child's immunizations and share it with all your child's health care doctors.
- Call or visit your child's doctor when there are problems or something seems wrong.
- Help your child develop good habits. This includes eating healthy foods, being active, or reading every day.
What your doctor can do to help manage your child's care
- Talk with you about what to expect as your child grows. This discussion will include normal changes as well as problems that may arise.
- Give your child all needed immunizations.
- Teach you ways to help your child stay healthy.
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (Ages 3 to 11 years)
Doctor's office results for well visits
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 85% of children between 3 and 11 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the child is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the child is sick.
Statewide, 90% of children had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your child's pediatrician to see how he or she is growing. Every child age 3 to 11 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
Why measuring if your child has well visits is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year during adolescence (the teenage years) is to promote healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. Adolescence is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during the teenage years can put an adolescent at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at adolescent children ages 12 to 17 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the adolescent is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the adolescent is sick.
What you can do to manage your child's care
- Make and keep all the appointments your adolescent needs. This includes well-visits, shots, and appointments when he or she is sick.
- Call or visit your adolescent's doctor when there are problems or something seems wrong.
- Help your adolescent develop good habits. This includes eating healthy foods, being active each day, and using precautions such as safety helmets or seat belts.
What your doctor can do to manage your child's care
- Talk with you about what to expect as your child grows. This discussion will include normal changes as well as problems that may arise.
- Teach you ways to help your adolescent stay healthy - now, and throughout the rest of his or her life.
- Discuss how to avoid risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking, drugs, or unprotected sex.
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (Ages 12 to 17 years)
Doctor's office results for well visits
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 84% of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the adolescent is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the adolescent is sick.
Statewide, 87% of adolescents had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with your adolescent's pediatrician to see how he or she is growing. Every adolescent age 12 to 17 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
Why measuring well child visits for young adults (in their late adolescent years) is important:
The purpose of a well visit each year is to promote continued healthy habits and prevent lifelong problems. Late adolescence is also a time when some health problems end and new ones may start. Problems during these years can put a young adult at risk for the rest of their life.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at young adults ages 18 to 21 who had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well the young adult is growing and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the young adult is sick.
What you can do to manage your care as a young adult
- Make and keep all the appointments that you need. This includes well visits, shots, and appointments when you are sick.
- Keep a record of your immunizations and share it with all your health care doctors.
- Call or visit your doctor when there are problems or something seems wrong.
- Help develop good habits. This includes eating healthy foods, being active, or reading every day.
What your doctor can do to help manage your care
- Talk with you about what to expect as you grow. This discussion will include normal changes as well as problems that may arise.
- Give you all needed immunizations.
- Teach you ways to help stay healthy.
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (Ages 18 to 21 years)
Doctor's office results for well visits
At Brockton Pediatrics (Brockton), 62% of young adults between 18 and 21 years old had at least one well visit during the past year. These well visits (check-ups) with a doctor are to see how well you are developing as a young adult and to give information about avoiding risky behaviors. They are not the same as visits when the patient is sick.
Statewide, 65% of young adults had a well visit.
MHQP measures how well doctors provide preventive care. Preventive care includes having well visits with the patient's provider to see how he or she is developing. Every patient age 18 to 21 should have at least one well visit every year with the doctor.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at the percentage of 2-year-olds who received the following vaccines four diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP); three polio (IPV); one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); three haemophilus influenza type B (HiB); three hepatitis B (HepB), one chicken pox (VZV); four pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); one hepatitis A (HepA); two or three rotavirus (RV); and two influenza (flu) vaccines by their second birthday.
Why measuring your child’s immunization status is important:
Babies and toddlers are more likely to get sick because their immune systems are still developing. Vaccines help protect them from dangerous diseases. Most vaccines work very well—preventing illness 90 to 99% of the time.Vaccinating kids doesn’t just keep them healthy—it also protects others in the community, especially people who can’t get vaccines because of health problems.
What you can do to manage your child's care:
- Make and keep all the appointments your child needs, including vaccination appointments.
- Use shared decision-making to discuss recommended vaccinations with your healthcare team.
- Keep a record of your child's immunizations and share it with all your child's health care doctors.
What your doctor can do to help manage your child's care:
- Review immunization status and schedule.
- Use shared decision-making to discuss recommended vaccinations with families
- Being mindful about factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy.
Immunizations for Children
There is not enough data to report on this measure for this doctor's office. This can happen when:
- Not enough patients answered the questions about a doctor's office
- Not enough patients at a doctor's office received care that could be included in measure results
- Not enough doctors in a doctor's office gave care that could be included in measure results
Diagnostic and Preventive Care
