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Many of CHIA's recent reports include interactive dashboards to help better visualize data and perform customizable analyses.
CHIA is continuing to expand the use of data visualizations to help policymakers, insurers, health care providers, employers, and researchers more easily explore CHIA’s comprehensive data resources.
A selection of some of our recent interactive data and analyses are outlined and linked below.
These visualizations help promote transparency and a better understanding of the Massachusetts health care system
Massachusetts health and human service providers are experiencing unprecedented workforce shortages. Additionally, the lack of diversity in the health care workforce adversely affects the health outcomes of people of color. These distinct, but related issues of workforce capacity and diversity have clear consequences for access to care, quality of care, cost, and health outcomes. CHIA's Massachusetts Health Care Workforce Survey (MHCW) collected vital information on staffing capacity and diversity. The data collected in this survey aim to provide a critical fact base to inform policies and programs and support ongoing monitoring of workforce trends in the health and human service sectors. Read more....
CHIA has released the inaugural Integrated Nursing Dashboard, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), to provide insights into the current state of the nursing workforce and to support the Commonwealth in meeting the health care needs of its residents. Read more.....
Acute Hospital Profiles and Non-Acute Hospital Profiles provide information on Massachusetts hospital characteristics, services, payer mix, utilization trends, top discharges, and financial performance. Compare individual facilities against statewide performance and peer cohorts over a 5-year period through HFY 2024. Read more.....
CHIA has released its latest interactive dashboard on skilled nursing facilities operating in Massachusetts. This centralized dashboard includes industry- and facility-level metrics with other relevant information to increase transparency of financial performance and quality. Read more....
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS) provides information on health care coverage, access and affordability trends in Massachusetts. The MHIS is a tool used by legislators, policymakers, employers, insurers and other stakeholders to monitor the experiences of Massachusetts residents in receiving timely and affordable health care. Read more....
CHIA has developed dashboards providing analyses and trends sourced from the Massachusetts Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Discharge (Case Mix) Database. These dashboards give insights into hospital inpatient emergency department and outpatient observation utilization patterns. Read more....
Hospitals and the health systems to which they belong play an important role in the Massachusetts health care system and are critical to achieving the Commonwealth’s goals of controlling costs while improving the quality of care delivered. In an effort to provide a more comprehensive look at the acute hospital industry, CHIA has merged hospital and hospital health system data into one interactive dashboard below. This dashboard includes both financial and utilization data. Read more....
Hospitals and the health systems to which they belong play an important role in the Massachusetts health care system and are critical to achieving the Commonwealth’s goals of controlling costs while improving the quality of care delivered. CHIA monitors and provides meaningful analysis on Massachusetts hospitals and hospital health systems through a variety of metrics and studies. Read more....
Enrollment Trends monitors health insurance coverage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where coverage is defined by unique Massachusetts residents with primary, medical membership in the 14 largest commercial payers, MassHealth (Medicaid), or Medicare. Read more...
Health care prices for similar health care services vary considerably both in Massachusetts and across the United States. CHIA reports on this variation using a methodology that accounts for price differences that might be justified by:
o The patient's illness or complexity of care needed
o The type of commercial health insurance plan
o The array of medical services supported at the institution
This publication includes customizable interactive graphics along with an executive summary and databook. Read more....
Behavioral health encompasses services and treatment for both mental health (MH) and substance use disorders (SUD), an array of vital services that can meaningfully shape patient outcomes. Measuring and tracking indicators of behavioral health care provides an essential fact base that enables data-driven policymaking and delivery system reforms.
CHIA, in collaboration with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners has published the latest primary care dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in the Commonwealth. A high-functioning primary care system can lead to better patient outcomes, lower costs, and more equitable care. Access to these services improves overall population health and can reduce avoidable emergency department visits. Read more...
While Massachusetts reports near-universal health care coverage statewide, gaps in health care persist among residents of different races, ethnicities, geographic regions, and other characteristics. Additionally, rising health care costs impact access, affordability, and utilization of health care services, that can lead to downstream impacts on health outcomes.
This dashboard showcases health care inequities with a focus on findings related to race, ethnicity, and geography. Read More....
The Massachusetts Employer Survey (MES) is an ongoing health insurance survey that tracks and monitors employer health insurance offerings, employee take-up rates, cost-sharing, plan characteristics, and employer decision-making. The MES interactive data analysis tool provides valuable insights into the employer health insurance market, including how the landscape of workplace health benefits has shifted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent cost pressures. Read more.....
