Mass General Brigham says it is saving more lives. Some doctors aren’t so sure.
Mass General Brigham claims to have saved more lives through improved quality metrics and hospital integration. However, some doctors express skepticism about these achievements, suggesting that administrative changes may have inflated the data. Concerns about patient care quality and the corporatization of the health system have also been raised by clinicians.
- ▪Mass General Brigham executives report saving at least 1,400 more lives due to streamlined quality metrics.
- ▪The hospitals improved their rankings in quality metrics from 96th and 72nd to 37th and 36th place, respectively.
- ▪Skeptical doctors question the validity of the reported mortality improvements and highlight ongoing issues like long wait times.
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Business Mass General Brigham says it is saving more lives. Some doctors aren’t so sure. Executives credit Boston hospital’s resounding success to streamlining quality metrics, focusing on them Manage alerts for this article Email this article Share this article Mass General Brigham By Jessica Bartlett — Boston GlobeMay 21, 2026 BOSTON — In a meeting for Mass General Brigham doctors in November 2024, Dr. Giles Boland, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, laid out the vision for becoming the best in the country. Thanks to a corporate merging of its hospitals, he said, the system was well on its way, making progress on delivering the best outcomes possible for patients, including its most important job — keeping people alive.
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