About Us

The Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization designated by the Vermont Legislature in 1988 as an independent, non-regulatory, peer review committee. Our organization brings together the entire spectrum of health care voices to focus on quality analysis and improvement.

Our Core Values

Leading with Compassion

We foster a culture of empathy, respect, and care—both within our organization and in our interactions with those we serve. We actively listen, value all voices, and engage thoughtfully, using a range of perspectives and feedback to inform our actions.

Excellence in All We Do

We hold ourselves to the highest standards, striving for growth, innovation, and meaningful impact in all we do.

Collaborative Independence

VPQ is intentionally independent—we value unbiased insight and objective thinking, while also embracing purposeful collaboration, knowing the strongest solutions emerge when diverse perspectives come together.

Evidence-Based Innovation

We drive continuous improvement through research, data, and best practices, fostering creativity and adapting to evolving needs.

Integrity & Trust

We act with honesty, accountability, and ethical responsibility, ensuring that our work is credible, clear, and impactful.

Our Mission

We improve health care quality in Vermont by studying the system and making it work better:

  • We serve as a reliable source for data collection and analysis on health care quality.

  • We establish appropriate and effective standards and measurement tools for quality of care.

  • We educate health care providers on quality improvement. 

  • We inform consumers and make recommendations to policymakers on issues of health care quality.

Our Aims

The Vermont health care system must be safe, patient centered, effective, efficient, timely and equitable.

Our Vision

To improve the health status of all Vermonters.

Our Strategic Goals

  1. Partner with state and regional entities to provide balanced and meaningful guidance to inform, align and integrate into the State's Health Care Quality Improvement Plan.

  2. Enhance the coordination of patient care across the healthcare continuum to improve healthcare quality and outcomes.

  3. Be a resource and neutral mechanism on behalf of quality improvement professionals and providers for training, professional guidance and collaboration.

  4. Secure staffing and financial capacity that will allow for an agile and timely approach to identifying, analyzing, adapting and responding to new opportunities that will advance our work.

  5. Leverage information technology to advance healthcare quality in the state of Vermont.

Creating a culture of quality through education, measurement, and collaboration.