Goals

To further its mission of improving the quality of healthcare across Maine, Quality Counts focuses on improving hospital and ambulatory care. The goal is to support the sharing of information about best practices and programs that will help improve the quality of care for patients.

Specific objectives are to:

• Connect providers across the state and promote sharing of information to promote the spread of quality improvement best practices throughout the state of Maine.
• Assess current quality improvement capacity across the state.
• Identify gaps that may be hampering quality improvements.
• Offer opportunities for stakeholders to connect.
• Facilitate collaborative learning and information sharing.
• Offer opportunities for providers to learn from each other and national experts.

Accomplishing the Goals

To accomplish the goals above, QC supports the following:

• Developing a continuously growing library of resources, tools, and information.
• Distributing a quality improvement newsletter (please sign up in the box to the left).
• Convening annual statewide and periodic regional improvement meetings
• Promoting networking opportunities for providers to observe the implementation of best practices

If you have something to share with us or know of a QI effort, tool, or best practice that isn't listed here please contact Quality Counts at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (207) 622-3374 x 218.