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2026
January 2026President's ReportCervical Cancer Awareness Month – Health InsightsWCHQ and WPHCA Partner to Advance Health Quality Across WisconsinAdvancing Healthcare Quality Through Strategic PartnershipsWCHQ President & CEO Gabrielle Rude, PhD Appointed Civitas Board ChairJoin us on February 13: Advancing Prevention: Using Quality Data to Improve Outcomes AssemblyUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
2025
December 2025WCHQ Member Update: June 2025 Quality ResultsJoin us on February 13: Advancing Prevention: Using Quality Data to Improve Outcomes AssemblyUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
November 2025Key Takeaways: 2025 Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Impact AssemblyJoin us on February 13: Advancing Prevention: Using Quality Data to Improve Outcomes AssemblyUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
October 2025WCHQ Receives Civitas 2025 Quality Improvement Trailblazer AwardDoulas Making a Difference in WisconsinData SpotlightAdvancing Health Equity: WCHQ Awarded $250,000 AHW GrantJoin us on November 14: Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Impact AssemblyLeadership In Action: Gabrielle Rude Featured in The Learning Loop’s PodcastUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
September 2025Highlights from WCHQ’s 2025 Board Strategic Planning RetreatJoin us on November 14: Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Impact Assembly Upcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
August 2025Advancing Care for Cardiometabolic Disease Assembly SummaryDriving Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Achievements and Challenges Across WisconsinCKD Risk Stratification and Care: Guidance from the National Kidney Foundation’s Chief Medical OfficerAdvancing Healthcare Quality Through Strategic PartnershipsWCHQ Annual Quality Awards Nominations Are Now Open! Join us on November 14: Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Impact Assembly Upcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
July 2025Transforming Migraine Care: Wisconsin Health Systems Unite for Better OutcomesNew Opportunity: Boost Adult Respiratory Immunization Rates This SeasonWCHQ Annual Quality Awards Nominations Are Now Open!Join us on November 14: Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Impact AssemblyUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
June 2025June President's ReportWCHQ Publishes 2024 Quality Results: Improvements in Depression and Colorectal Cancer Screening, Challenges in ImmunizationsAdvancing Care for Cardiometabolic DiseaseUpcoming EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
May 2025Welcome Lauren Bednarz, MPH!Improving Value Through Multi-Stakeholder CollaborationAdvancing Care for Cardiometabolic DiseaseMay is Mental Health Awareness MonthWCHQ Internship OpportunityUpcoming In-Person EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
April 2025Presidents Column: WCHQ's Commitment to Improving Healthcare ValueInvesting in Quality, Improving Outcomes, Providing ValueImproving Health Outcomes Through Partnership: Join Us May 9!Upcoming In-Person EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
March 2025Board of Directors Sets Statewide Quality Priorities and Goals for 2025Measles Outbreak Preparation: Wisconsin’s At-Risk PopulationsEnhancing the CKD Patient Journey: Free Education and Tool KitsDriving Health Outcomes Through Partnership: Join Us May 9! Upcoming In-Person EventsThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
2024
December 2024Quality Measure Results AvailableMembers Needed – Quality Improvement ProjectsObesity Maps: A Closer Look at Wisconsin CommunitiesMember SpotlightThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
November 2024WCHQ 2025 Assembly Dates AnnouncedPresident's ReportData SpotlightSteady Improvement in Diabetes Control Rates Amid Growing PopulationMember ProfileWCHQ Commemorates 20 Years with Statewide Quality Improvement EventPatients Share Maternal Health Disparities, Experience Provides Care Opportunities WCHQ Partners with DHS and MCW on Video ProjectThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
October 2024President's ReportData SpotlightSneak Peek: Wisconsin Ahead of National Rates of High Blood Pressure ControlWisconsin’s Growing Obesity Challenge: A Comparison of Wisconsinites in 2016 and 2023 Member ProfileBreaking Down Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Thank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
September 2024Wisconsin Healthcare Leaders To Be Featured at November AssemblyUpcoming EventsWelcome to the WCHQ Team! September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: A Call to Action in WisconsinMember ProfileWhat’s in the Future for WCHQ? Protect Your Patients from Poor Indoor Air QualityThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
August 2024Upcoming EventsWCHQ Oral Health Collaborative Members Demonstrate High Quality Care, Family Health Center of Marshfield Reports Results for the First TimeWCHQ Chronic Disease Assembly Inspires Action Among Attendees“Partnering for Patient Engagement in Health Screening”Using Patient and Community Health Workers’ Voices to Better Understand Vaccinations in Different CommunitiesLaunch of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity ToolkitWCHQ President Gabrielle Rude Featured in Interview SeriesMember ProfileSPOTLIGHT: Immunization Improvement Despite PandemicThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
July 2024Still Time to RegisterUpcoming EventsColorectal Cancer Screening Webinar SeriesWCHQ Shares Results as Improvement Teams ConcludeJoin WCHQ's Quality Improvement Teams: Be Part of the ChangeMember ProfileHealthy Metric Releases Two Reports Demonstrating Healthcare Disparities in WisconsinSurgical Collaborative of Wisconsin Summer MeetingThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
June 2024Upcoming EventsPresident's ReportWCHQ Releases Public Reporting Trends, Recognizes Member Sixteenth Street Community Health CentersSPOTLIGHT: Review of Depression and Colorectal Cancer Screenings in Men’s HealthMember ProfileWCHQ's Data Voyager Tool: Discover trends, Customize Reports, and Improve the Quality of Patient CareEnhancing Health Equity with WCHQ’s Health Disparities Improvement ToolkitThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
May 2024Health Disparities Improvement Toolkit WebinarBreaking Barriers: Advancing Care for Chronic Diseases Mark you Calendars for 20th Anniversary Statewide Quality Improvement Event November 7SPOTLIGHT: Ten Years of Measuring and Improving ImmunizationsMember Profile: ThedaCareDriving Change: Education and Awareness for Immunizations and Maternal Mortality in High-Risk CommunitiesWisconsin Makes Strides in Asthma OutcomesAscension’s Weber Named to Obesity Medicine Association Board of TrusteesThank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
April 2024WCHQ Maternal Health and Immunizations Assembly to take place May 7 in Madison Mark Your Calendar!President’s ReportSPOTLIGHT: 20 Years Of Measuring and ImprovementMember ProfileBIG WIN for School Aged Children with AsthmaWCHQ Members Committed to Increasing HPV Vaccination Rates in Wisconsin Thank You to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
March 2024Mark Your Calendar!President’s ReportSPOTLIGHT: 20 Years Of Measuring and Improvement: Colorectal Cancer ScreeningMember ProfileWCHQ Celebrates National Kidney Month with the Launch of the Chronic Kidney Disease Toolkit Importance of Perinatal Mental Health Resources for MomsNew Social Determinants of Health Resource ToolThank to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
February 2024Mark Your Calendar!President's ReportSPOTLIGHT: 20 Years of Measuring and Improvement: Controlling High Blood Pressure Member ProfileChildren's Oral Health Recognized in FebruaryEvery Month Should Be Cancer Awareness Month“The Impact of Disparities on Healthcare Value” Thank to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
January 2024Mark Your Calendar!Chronic Kidney Disease Toolkit PublishedCorrectionSPOTLIGHT: 20 Years Of Measuring and Improvement: A1c ControlMember ProfileWCHQ Maternal Health Improvement Team Recognizes Maternal Health Awareness Day January 23WCHQ Primary Care Toolkit on Obesity Offers Resources to ProvidersMeeting Patients Where They Are Increases VaccinationsDon’t Miss the Opportunity to Increase HPV Vaccination in Your System!Recovery StoriesThank to Our WCHQ Partners for Their Support of Our Work
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