There are three symbols to show how well a doctor's office scored on the measures reported on this website.
- 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.
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 Visits for Children 0 to 15 Months of Age
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
Well Visits for Children 0 to 15 Months of Age
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
Well Visits for Children 0 to 15 Months of Age
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 antibiotics are correctly used for upper respiratory infections is important:
Antibiotics should only be used to treat bacterial infections. Antibiotics do not cure colds, most sore throats, the flu, or other upper respiratory infections caused by viruses. In fact, antibiotics can cause harm if they are used when not needed.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at how often doctors do not prescribe antibiotic medicine (such as penicillin) for children ages 3 months to 17 years who are diagnosed with colds, sore throats, or other upper respiratory infections.
What you can do to help your child when he or she has an upper respiratory infection
- Talk with your child's doctor about the correct use of antibiotics.
- Wait to see if your child's symptoms get better. Symptoms of a common cold include a runny nose, cough, and fever.
- Only give your child an antibiotic if the doctor prescribes it.
- If your child's doctor does prescribe an antibiotic, make sure your child takes it correctly. This includes taking the antibiotic until it is finished.
- Help prevent the chance of your child getting a cold by washing hands often, staying away from people who have colds, and keeping your child's toys and play spaces clean.
What your doctor can do if your child has an upper respiratory infection
- Find out if your child has a cold or other type of virus illness.
- Not prescribe antibiotics for colds or other types of viruses. In these cases, antibiotics can cause more harm than good.
- Talk with you about how antibiotics can help and when they should be used.
- Prescribe other medicines or ways to help children with colds feel better.
- Test your child for a bacterial infection (such as strep throat). Antibiotics can be very helpful for infections like these.
Correct Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Infections
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
Correct Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Infections
Doctor's office results for correct antibiotic use
At Internal Medicine Associates Team 1, 88% of doctors did not prescribe antibiotic medicine (such as penicillin) for children ages 3 months to 17 years who were diagnosed with colds, sore throats, or other upper respiratory infections. A high score means that your child's doctor is using antibiotics correctly.
Statewide, 90% of children were not prescribed an antibiotic.
MHQP measures how doctor's offices prescribe antibiotic medicines, because antibiotic medicines should only be used to treat upper respiratory infections that are caused by bacterial infection. When antibiotics are prescribed when they are not needed (such as when a sore throat is caused by a virus or allergy), it will not help your child feel better. This measure makes sure that your child's doctor does not prescribe antibiotic medicines for upper respiratory infections that are not caused by bacteria.
Correct Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Infections
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 correct testing for strep throat is important:
Antibiotics will not help a child to feel better if a child takes them when they are not needed. A child should only be treated with antibiotics if their sore throat is caused by a bacterial infection. A "strep test" or "throat culture" helps the doctor know if a child's sore throat is caused by a bacterial infection. If the sore throat is caused by a virus, allergy, or another health condition, a child does not need an antibiotic. In fact, antibiotics can cause harm if they are used when not needed.
Healthcare Quality Measure:
This measure looks at children age 3 to 17 who have a new sore throat, and are given a "strep test" or "throat culture" when the doctor prescribes penicillin or other antibiotic medicine.
What you can do to help your child when he or she has a sore throat
- Talk with your child's doctor about using antibiotics correctly.
- Wait to see if your child's symptoms get better. A sore throat often improves after a few days, even without antibiotic medicine.
- Only give your child an antibiotic if the doctor has prescribed it.
- If your child's doctor does prescribe antibiotic medicine, then make sure to give it correctly. This includes making sure your child takes the medicine until it is gone.
- Help prevent the chance of your child getting a cold by washing hands often, staying away from people who have colds, and keeping your child's toys and play spaces clean.
What your doctor can do if your child has a sore throat
- Give your child a "strep test" or "throat culture" to see if your child's sore throat is from a bacterial infection. If the test result is "positive," your child has a bacterial infection. If the test result is "negative," then the sore throat may be due to an allergy, a virus, or another health condition.
- Prescribe antibiotic medicine if your child's sore throat is strep throat or caused by another bacterial infection.
- Not prescribe antibiotics for a sore throat caused an allergy, a virus (such as the common cold), or another health condition. Antibiotics can cause more harm than good in such cases. The doctor can suggest other ways to help your child feel better.
Correct Testing for Strep Throat
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
Correct Testing for Strep Throat
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
Correct Testing for Strep Throat
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 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)
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
Chlamydia Screening (Ages 16 to 20)
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
Chlamydia Screening (Ages 16 to 20)
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 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 compared to how often they fill prescriptions for quick relief asthma medicine.
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 5-64)
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
Medicine Use for People with Asthma (Ages 5-64)
At Internal Medicine Associates Team 1, 79% of patients with asthma ages 5 to 64 filled prescriptions for long-term control (or preventive) medicine at least as often as they did for quick-relief medicine (at a ratio of 0.50 or greater of control medicines to their total of control and quick relief medicines).
Statewide, 76% of patients with asthma (ages 5 to 64) filled prescriptions for long-term control medicine at least as often as they did for quick-relief medicine (ratio of 0.50 or greater of control medicines to their total of control and quick relief medicines).
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.
MHQP measures how well doctors help patients manage chronic medical conditions. Taken as prescribed, long-term control medicine can help prevent or reduce the number of asthma attacks. 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.
Medicine Use for People with Asthma (Ages 5-64)
At Internal Medicine Associates Team 3, 58% of patients with asthma ages 5 to 64 filled prescriptions for long-term control (or preventive) medicine at least as often as they did for quick-relief medicine (at a ratio of 0.50 or greater of control medicines to their total of control and quick relief medicines).
Statewide, 76% of patients with asthma (ages 5 to 64) filled prescriptions for long-term control medicine at least as often as they did for quick-relief medicine (ratio of 0.50 or greater of control medicines to their total of control and quick relief medicines).
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.
MHQP measures how well doctors help patients manage chronic medical conditions. Taken as prescribed, long-term control medicine can help prevent or reduce the number of asthma attacks. 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.
Pediatric Medications and Testing
