The Data Fragmentation Hurdle

How does your organization stack up on health care quality measures—and what measures matter? Those were my initial thoughts when I was reading the new report on quality performance in the U.S. health care system (see How Has The Quality Of The U.S. Healthcare System Changed Over Time?).

In this treasure trove of health system performance data, a few statistics jumped out. In-hospital;mortality rates;increased;overall;during the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2.0% of discharges in 2019;to;3.1%;in 2021. Those mortality rates are tracked . . .