Granite Medical Group
Achieves Top Clinical Quality Ratings
Granite Medical Group, an affiliate of Atrius Health, announces that its internal medicine practice achieved four-star ratings in clinical quality measures in the 2008 Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) Quality Insights: Clinical Quality in Primary Care report.
Overall, Atrius Health received four out of four stars, the highest possible ranking, on 16 of the 19 clinical quality measures in the MHQP report.
Granite Medical physicians scored at or above the 90th national percentile (four stars) in important preventive and chronic care measures including appropriate use of medication for treating depression; hemoglobin testing, cholesterol screening and kidney disease monitoring in adult diabetics; correct imaging use for lower back pain; colon cancer, cervical cancer and breast cancer screenings; cholesterol screening after a heart attack or heart surgery; and chlamydia screening in young women.
Granite Medical was founded in 1997 and joined Atrius Health in 2005. Their 20 physicians and 5 nurse practitioners are committed to providing patients with the highest quality of care at its convenient location in Quincy. In addition to internal medicine, many of the Granite Medical providers have expertise in a sub-specialty, including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gerontology, hepatology, nutrition, podiatry, pulmonary medicine and rheumatology.
Granite Medical accepts insurance from most major health plans, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Neighborhood Health Plan, Tufts Health Plan and Tufts Medicare Preferred. For more information, visit www.granitemedical.com.
MHQP is an independent, non-profit organization that collects and publicly reports statewide patient experience and clinical performance data for physicians to help improve the quality of health care services delivered to Massachusetts residents.
MHQP compiled quality data from nearly 150 medical groups across the state for their fourth annual report. The results of the MHQP 2008 Clinical Quality in Primary Care report can be viewed at www.MHQP.org.