Massachusetts I/DD Organizations Form A Data Benchmarking Collaborative

A group of 33 Massachusetts community-based provider organizations that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and autism have formed a data benchmarking collaborative. Nine of the provider organizations are participating in a pilot using a shared electronic service record to share and compare organization-level metrics to better understand the health-related status and risks of the consumers they serve. Provider organization performance is benchmarked against Center for Disease Control’s Healthy People 2020 data set. In consultation with the Center for Developmental Disability Evaluation and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the group . . .