Doctors received lower marks for coordinating care with specialists, for their knowledge of the patient as a person, for including the patient’s values and beliefs, and for asking about stress and depression.
Only 39% of patients surveyed said that their doctor always asked them whether they had periods when they felt sad, empty, or depressed.
MHQP would like to repeat the Consumer Reports collaboration when it surveys patients again in 2013, but it must line up funding. The partnership was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
RWJF also is supporting Consumer Reports’ collaborations with two other quality improvement organizations: Minnesota Community Measurement and the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality. Minnesota will release clinical quality and cost data to the public in September and Wisconsin will issue ratings on preventive care measures later this year.