This first session lays the foundation for a successful AB 1204 submission. We’ll walk through the equity reporting structure and demonstrate how HQI’s Equity Dashboard simplifies the identification of disparities and supports strategic hospital equity planning. Whether you’re just getting started or want to align your equity efforts with regulatory requirements, this session will help frame your approach for the year ahead.
Presentation topics include:
- Introduce the AB 1204 reporting framework and hospital obligations.
- Use HQIP’s Equity Dashboard to identify and interpret disparities.
- Understand how HQI’s tools support hospital equity planning and strategy.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025: 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. (PT)
Scott Masten, PhD
Vice President, Measurement Science and Performance Analytics
Hospital Quality Institute (HQI)
Dr. Masten at HQI improves health care data quality and reduces patient injury, leveraging over 20 years of applied research and data experience. He holds a doctorate in injury epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in experimental psychology from California State University, Sacramento. Scott guides HQI’s analytics and data team in developing, enhancing, and maintaining the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform and CHPSOData systems. These systems collect, manage, and standardize encounter and safety event report data from hospitals, aiding in progress tracking and improvement identification toward the goal of zero harm. He’s also a professor, teaching undergraduate research methods and graduate level advanced applied statistics courses for over 20 years.
Please contact CHPSO at info@chpso.org if you have any questions.