Scope

The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Established in 2003 under Chapter 181 of the Wisconsin State Statutes as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, WCHQ's purpose is to promote healthcare quality improvement and engage in exempt charitable, educational and research activities to include:

• Developing and implementing shared definitions of healthcare quality measures and standards
• Promoting the development, effectiveness and quality of health care for patients and communities in the State of Wisconsin through uniform measurement and by publicly reporting outcomes
• Promoting the development, effectiveness and quality of health care for patients and communities in the State of Wisconsin by identifying and sharing best practices
• Carrying on the business of the Corporation to sustain its charitable, educational and research activities

The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality is a learning organization whose members continually expand their capacity to create the quality improvement results to which they aspire. Its members do so by working and learning together to foster new and expansive patterns of thinking that drive improvement in our healthcare institutions.