“As AHRQ continues to collect and disseminate data that describe trends in U.S. healthcare, we are often reminded of an important principle: data alone are often not enough.”
“What’s needed is data analytics—the capacity to help healthcare decision-makers who too often are handicapped in their efforts to make the best possible policy decisions. Only through the effective translation and analysis of today’s raw numbers will we adequately identify and confront our most pressing healthcare challenges.”
“As you may recall from a recent blog post, establishing a data and analytics platform to support healthcare decision-making is a top priority for AHRQ. That goal stands as one of AHRQ’s three areas of future emphasis, along with improving care for people with multiple chronic conditions and reducing diagnostic errors.”
Joel Cohen is Director of AHRQ’s Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. Gopal Khanna is Director of AHRQ.
“AHRQ’s capacity to collect and analyze healthcare data are well-established…” Read the full post here.
Source: Using AHRQ’s Data Analytics to Understand Today’s Critical Healthcare Issues – By Joel Cohen, Ph.D., and Gopal Khanna, M.B.A., May 20, 2019. AHRQ.
