Patient record matching has been a key area of emphasis for healthcare in the US, with several major efforts to identify best practices in the past decade. Because of a lack of a national patient identifier, several distinct approaches to patient mat
Read more…Nearly everyone involved with Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies believes that better information leads to better care. There is also the recognition that this information has become dispersed and fragmented over time. Legislative shifts, diffe
Read more…In response to the opioid epidemic, states and the federal government have sought to increase the availability of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Through medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs and other efforts, primary care practices h
Read more…Using data collected from interviews with more than 350 state officials, this study highlights ways in which some government leaders have employed sophisticated data analytics, beyond traditional uses of administrative data, to accomplish the followi
Read more…This issue brief provides guidance for governors and other state leaders on how to incorporate data and evaluation into policy development, implementation, and monitoring. It explains each of the five steps for this process in the context of reducing
Read more…This report, informed by more than 30 key informant interviews representing programs in 19 states and a small group convening, explores the many ways that states are collaborating across agencies to improve population health while accomplishing recip
Read more…This issue brief summarizes key lessons learned and bright spots in navigating data partnerships with a focus on child-serving sectors. In addition, it includes an Appendix with resources that were compiled based on suggestions from key informant int
Read more…Data sharing partnerships between health and education sectors can help both parties work toward a common vision of improving students’ well-being. Although the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) can sometimes discourage communities from t
Read more…Escalating health care spending is a concern in Western countries, given the lack of evidence of a direct connection between spending and improvements in health. We aimed to determine the association between spending on health care and social program
Read more…While discussions about the social determinants of health are featuring more prominently in the nation’s current health policy conversation, many organizations, like the Camden Coalition, have been working for years to understand and address this int
Read more…The Coalition in Camden, New Jersey consists of 25 members including: hospitals, primary care providers, community organizations. Their focus is on the integration of health care and criminal justice data- for individuals who make cyclical contact wi
Read more…The State Health IT 1115 Toolkit (“Toolkit”) enables states to examine the key building blocks needed to develop an optimized health IT ecosystem for advancing delivery system reform. An optimized health IT ecosystem includes heath IT, health informa
Read more…ACF Interoperability Initiative Project; a collection of collaborative, interdisciplinary information technology projects designed to promote horizontal integration, facilitate shared services, and improve the landscape of systems supporting human se
Read more…Connected vehicles, automated vehicles, big data—as the nation’s transportation network grows more technical and complex and moves toward integration with smart cities, all elements need to work together in a safe, trusted, interoperable, and efficie
Read more…The Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) process represents the model by which the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will coordinate the identification, assessment, and determination of the “best availabl
Read more…CMS and ONC collaborate with the CDC to ensure that EHR Meaningful Use not only benefits healthcare by improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery, but also benefits public health by promoting the use of EHR systems to: Impro
Read more…The opioid epidemic has spawned numerous state efforts to develop strategies that bring together law enforcement, public health, Medicaid, and other state agencies. This issue brief outlines key lessons learned by state officials around the country.
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The purpose of this tool kit is to inform civic and community leaders who wish to use shared data to improve academic and life outcomes for students while protecting student privacy. A key success factor in doing this well is understanding the Family
Read more…While many believe parental substance use – including prescription drugs, illicit drugs and alcohol, but especially opioids – has been the primary cause of the increase in foster care placements, thus far there has been little empirical evidence to s
Read more…The Department of Homeland Security's Interoperability Continuum is designed to assist emergency response agencies and policy makers to plan and implement interoperability solutions for data and voice communications. This tool identifies five critica
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