The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) is a national, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to improving health care through the collection, analysis, dissemination, public availability, and use of health data.

NAHDO provides leadership in health care information management and analysis, promotes the availability of and access to health data, and encourages the use of these data to make informed decisions and guide the development of health policy. NAHDO provides information on current issues and strategies to develop a nationwide, comprehensive, integrated health information system, sponsors educational programs, provides assistance, and serves as a forum to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas and experiences among collectors and users of health data. By doing so, NAHDO works to increase the state of knowledge.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded Quality Reporting Workgroup   

RWJF is sponsoring NAHDO's work on State Healthcare Quality Reporting:  Increasing Consistency in Public Reporting Across States, providing ongoing support to states on issues related to healthcare quality measurement and reporting, accomplished through the Quality Reporting Workgroup (QRW).  The QRW consists of approximately 80 professionals who are either directly responsible for developing and disseminating quality of care reports in a state or community, or are interested in such reporting.

CDC Assessment Initiative Cooperative Agreement 

NAHDO is in a Cooperative Agreement with CDC for Improving State and Local Health Information and Data Systems.  This project is targeted to improve state and local health agency capacities to regularly and systematically collect, assemble, analyze, and disseminate information on the health of their populations and communities.  During Year Three of this Project, NAHDO will continue to assist in the development of a more effective public health workforce, with an emphasis on health data agencies, and gather, analyze, and disseminate information on community health assessment in states.

CDC Environmental and Public Health Tracking Program (EPHT)

NAHDO is in a Cooperative Agreement with CDC to Establish Health Data Partnerships in Environmental Public Health Tracking.  Goals of this project include promotion of the use of statewide hospital inpatient and emergency department data in Tracking applications, and facilitation of CDC Tracking program goals.  During Year Three of this Project, NAHDO will assist Tracking programs access other health care data sets and fill important data gaps; assist new Tracking programs to acquire statewide hospitalization data and continue to support existing Tracking states; and continue the NAHDO-CDC Tracking collaboration.