Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Lessons Learned: Quality Dashboards (continued)

• Other major barrier is related to quality of the data
  • Absolute need to tie patients to providers, edit panels, deal with missing data
  • Won't change behavior unless the data are believable
• Big societal trends will drive quality measurement
  • Can providers be proactive? (EHR data better than billing data)