Health Alliance Community Checkup

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Community Checkup: What Does It Tell Us, Overall?

As a community, what do we learn from the Community Checkup report? First, the information in the report is a foundation for everyone in King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties to build on, working together to improve health and health care quality and affordability. Second, even though this region is known for being at the leading edge of health care in many ways, the report clearly shows that everyone has room to improve. For a printable copy of the full report, click one of these links: For a printable copy of the full report, click one of these links:

Print version of report from July 2009, showing results for measures of care provided in doctors' offices and hospitals. (60 page PDF - 1.1 MB). To download the report in sections, see below.

Print version of health plan report from October 2010 (37 page PDF, 1 MB)

Print version of report from November 2008 (174 page PDF, 10.7 MB - big file!)

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Developing the Community Checkup Report

Medical and technical experts throughout the region work with the Alliance to develop the Community Checkup report. The resources below provide more detail about the process these experts use to help ensure the quality, accuracy and integrity of the report.

Understanding the Community Checkup Report On Medical Groups   This describes the approach the Alliance used to create the report (and why), including the data sources and time periods, validation steps, expected updates, definitions and more.

Understanding the Community Checkup Report On Health Plans   This describes the approach the Alliance used to create the report (and why), including the data sources, processes, definitions and more.

Understanding the Community Checkup Report   This describes the approach the Alliance used to create the report (and why), including the data sources and time periods, validation steps, expected updates, definitions and more.

Reasonableness Review Process Summary This describes how the Alliance works with doctors and data suppliers (insurers and self-funded purchasers) to ensure the process used to develop the Community Checkup report is as reasonable and accurate as possible.

Attribution Methods and Technical Specifications This describes the approaches used to attribute patients' care to particular doctors, clinics or other health professionals or groups, then aggregate the data to the appropriate clinics and medical groups. The document also describes the sources and technical specifications for each medical group measure in the July 2009 Community Checkup report.

July 2009 Report Sections

CommunityCheckup: Overview (.pdf, 568 KB)
CommunityCheckup: MedicalGroups (.pdf, 394 KB)
CommunityCheckup: Hospitals (.pdf, 347 KB)
CommunityCheckup: LookingAhead (.pdf, 250 KB)

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