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2024 Annual Power of Community Report
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Leveraging Bree Collaborative Guidelines to Drive Quality and Accountability
CHPW earned a total of 19 Bree Collaborative awards from the State of Washington for our work to implement best practices and advance health equity across health services and programs. The Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative was established in 2011 by the Washington State Legislature to provide a mechanism through which public and private health care stakeholders could work together to improve quality, health outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of care in Washington State, while reducing unnecessary variation in care delivery. CHPW has participated with the Bree Collaborative since its founding.
CHPW Senior Medical Director, LuAnn Chen, M.D., collaborated with teams across the organization to lead CHPW’s clinical services self-assessment and implementation of Bree Guidelines, which are service-specific best practice recommendations defined by Bree Collaborative workgroups, made up of health care providers and health plans. Participating organizations are awarded for progress on implementing guidelines (Pathfinder Award) and for meeting benchmarks that demonstrate use of best practices (Trailblazer Award) each year.
Grading ourselves against multiple Bree Guidelines, paying strict attention to evidence-based recommendations, and actively working to put these best practices into operation are important steps for us as a health plan to advance quality health care, and ensure our members get the best care possible.
LuAnn Chen, M.D.
CHPW Senior Medical Director
CHPW earns 19 awards
As a result of cumulative efforts between 2020 and 2024, CHPW’s 17 awards grew to 19 following the release of two newly established Bree Guidelines in 2024:
- Diabetes Care – Trailblazer Award
- Perinatal Behavioral Health – Pathfinder Award
Additional 2024 recognition included Trailblazer Awards in Primary Care, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Behavioral Health Integration, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Prostate Cancer Screening, LGBTQ Health Care, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and Suicide Care, among many others.
Dr. Chen and CHPW continue to actively promote Bree Collaborative standards among network physicians, providing quarterly outreach about CHPW Clinical Practice Guidelines and resources available for providers, which prominently feature the Bree Guideline recommendations.
By systematically promoting and holding ourselves accountable to high-quality, evidence-based guidelines, we can better support our members and providers in achieving improved quality of care.
Leveraging expertise
In recognition of the multiple Bree Collaborative awards earned in 2024, Chief Equity Officer Kelli Houston was invited to participate in the well-received Equity Panel at the virtual Washington Patient Safety Coalition Annual Patient Safety Conference held on October 15, 2024, hosting over 500 attendees from around the world.
The conference theme was “Safe Patient Care: It Takes All of Us” with a focus on what patients and providers can do together to improve safety, quality, and outcomes. Houston participated as a part of the Foundation for Health Care Quality Award Winners Round Table.
Kelli Houston
CHPW Chief Equity Officer
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