Read on Washington: May 19 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
This week’s advocacy update will be shorter than last week’s, but there have been a few developments I wanted to be sure were on your radars.
Moving Health Care Data Collection into the Electronic Realm
For more than 30 years, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has collected, analyzed and disseminated data on health care utilization in the United States, including the National Health Care Surveys, a family of surveys of health care providers in inpatient, ambulatory, and long-term care settings. NCHS is now bringing this family of surveys into the electronic realm.
Electronic Health Data and Methods Journal Relaunches on New Platform
AcademyHealth's open access journal, eGEMs, publishes research on the use of health data to improve health and health care
AcademyHealth Welcomes New AHRQ Director Khanna
This morning in an email to staff, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Acting Director Dr. Sharon Arnold announced that Mr. Gopal Khanna is joining the agency today as its new director.
Health Datapalooza Covered Health IT from Every Angle
The meeting brought together more than 1,200 attendees representing diverse perspectives on creating knowledge from data and pioneering innovations that drive health policy and practice.
Read on Washington: May 5 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson
Since members of Congress have been channeling much of their time energies toward the final fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill, appropriations will be the predominant focus of this week’s advocacy update – though I do have some news regarding possible changes coming to the National Institutes of Health’s grants policies as well!
Data Nerds Unite – Across Sectors – to Improve Community Health
The All In: Data for Community Health National Meeting was held April 19-21, 2017, bringing together more than 270 local collaboratives, community partners, subject matter experts, and invited guests to celebrate achievements and share learnings.
Data Privacy and Security at Health Datapalooza – Start with Access and Trust
Several sessions at the meeting focused on issues of data privacy and security.
Fifth Annual Health Data Liberator Award Honors Work to Increase Patients’ Access to Their Medical Record
OpenNotes initiative recognized at Health Datapalooza for efforts encouraging health care providers to share their visit notes with patients.
Narrow networks can be a real problem for kids
Narrow networks are a real concern in the ACA marketplaces, but much more for kids than many think.