The National Quality Forum has released a whitepaper and infographic discussing strategies to help make health data and analytics more meaningful and actionable.
Here are four quick notes:
1. The report summarizes discussions with public and private sector leaders who were convened by the National Quality Forum.
2. The report identifies several opportunities to improve data and make it more useful.
3. Opportunities include the government making Medicare data more broadly and consistently available and private payers facilitating open data and public reporting.
4. Additionally, the report notes that it would be helpful if stakeholders focus on common metrics and establish standards for common data elements.
