April 19, 2016
Does Data Say All You Need to Improve Health Care Performance?
Can data lie? In a word, yes. The answer also depends on whom you ask. That goes for all forms of data analysis, including how we evaluate health care. This presents a tough dilemma for providers, patients and other stakeholders at a time when the industry and government are heavily invested in using data to compare provider performance, attach payment to “good” providers and penalties for the others. The fact is that the health care data “revolution” is in its infancy, and it is not so easy to identify two key facts: what causes outcomes, and what fixes them. Situations…
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