Compare Primary Care Doctors' Offices

Comparing Doctors' Offices to Get the Best Care

To make our health care system in Massachusetts truly patient-centered, we must continue to advance efforts to capture and report how patients experience their care. 

On this website, there are two different ways to compare doctors’ offices:

• A survey of over 37,000 patients across Massachusetts that collected details about the care they receive at their own doctors’ offices.
• Reports that measure how well the doctors’ offices achieve nationally recognized standards for high-quality primary care.

This website helps patients compare primary care doctors’ offices based on a statewide survey of patient experience of primary care and a nationally accepted method of measuring quality:

• The Massachusetts statewide Patient Experience Survey Report shares the results from a survey sent to over 230,000 primary care patients. The survey asked patients to report about their experiences with a specific primary care provider and with that doctor’s office.
  
  
• The Clinical Quality Report shares the performance results of Massachusetts primary care practices based on national measures of quality, which are called the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®). These measures are based on the preventive care services and chronic disease care that patients receive.

Beyond helping you find the best care for yourself and your family, this site also suggests ways to work in partnership with your provider to get the most out of your health care. You also can find information on preventing and managing many of the most common health conditions. | read more