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1. Where Has Information Come From?

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. 1. Where Has Information Come From?

Though the health care system is complex, current sources of information correspond to the three types of data needs previously discussed: health resources and structure, (inputs from facilities, providers, insurer/payer coverage vehicles), indicators of the process of care (utilization of discrete services) and--least commonly--outcomes of care (
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A. Historical Context for Available Information

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. A. Historical Context for Available Information and New Information Needs

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III. PERCEIVED MISMATCHES BETWEEN INFORMATION

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. III. Perceived Mismatches Between Information Needs and Available Information

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B. Where Does the Demand for Information Come

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. B. Where Does the Demand for Information Come From?

For analytical purposes, it is possible to identify and functionally differentiate three key health system user groups: (1) provider and health plan/insurer associations and the suppliers they represent, (2) purchaser and consumer organizations and the customers they represent, and (3) regulators/policymakers. The information needs of these groups
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A. Health Care System Change as Viewed by

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. A. Health Care System Change as Viewed by Stakeholders

Important changes in the health care system are being tracked by the Center for Studying Health System Change, established and funded expressly for this purpose by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Center staff recently summarized what they learned in interviews with top leaders in 15 national professional organizations and trade associations ab
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II. PROJECT CONTEXT: HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE AND

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. II. Project Context: Health System Change and Stakeholder Functions

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B. CONTENT AND METHODS OF THIS PROJECT

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. B. Content and Methods of This Project

This report draws on information obtained through a two-staged process we were asked to use. The first stage involved a relatively broad, but general, review of perceived information gaps and their causes across a broad spectrum of groups. In this stage, we interviewed more than 50 individuals by telephone. Interviewees included representatives of
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A. Rationale For This Work

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. A. Rationale For This Work

It could be argued that there is greater instability and change in our health care system today than at any other time in the recent past. The emphasis on market competition is strong among both private and public purchasers. Managed care has become the dominant arrangement both for delivering and for financing care for privately insured individua
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I. INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES, AND METHODS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. I. Introduction, Objectives, and Methods

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EXTENT TO WHICH GAPS ARE BEING ADDRESSED

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Extent to Which Gaps are Being Addressed

Through our interviews, we identified a number of efforts initiated in response to concerns about information needs associated with today’s evolving marketplace and the data gaps that exist. Many of these are modifications in or expansion to ongoing data collection by associations to develop
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ASSESSING EMERGING ISSUES AND NEEDS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Assessing Emerging Issues and Needs

Our respondents provided insights into the kinds of questions that they cannot address well with existing information. We summarize very briefly below this topic, addressed and described more fully in the report.
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Historical Context for Available Information and

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Historical Context for Available Information and New Information Needs

Historically, users of information on the health system have relied heavily on private and statebased sources that complement federal efforts. Information on health system components, resources and structures has been maintained separately for health providers and health insurers. The focus has mainly been on information about discrete entities or
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HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY FINDINGS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Highlights and Key Findings

HHS’s interest in the information needs and associated data gaps created by the rapid transformation of the health system clearly strikes a responsive chord among diverse stakeholders. Our findings show that stakeholders perceive information on the “supply side” of the health system to be very important, with gaps in data serving as a major
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PERCEIVED MISMATCHES BETWEEN INFORMATION NEEDS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Perceived Mismatches Between Information Needs and Available Information

Historically, the greatest amount of information has been collected on the structure and components of care that define available resources. Less information has been collected on operational process and performance, particularly in the ambulatory setting, and least has been collected on outcomes of care. However, gaps exist within each of these t
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PROJECT CONTEXT

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Project Context

Virtually all those we interviewed expressed a sense of the enormity of change in the marketplace and the span of effects from this change. There is widespread agreement that the serious gaps in “supply side” information on the health system that predated these changes have only grown worse as the system has evolved. These stakeholders recogni
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OBJECTIVES AND METHODS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Objectives and Methods

This report summarizes the insights and conclusions drawn during a seven month project to assess unmet needs for supply-side information on the health system. Highlights and key findings of the study are summarized on the next page. The project focused on helping the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) identify how information needs asso
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Executive Summary

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. Acknowledgments

This project was undertaken in close collaboration with staff from ASPE. Linda Sanches served as project officer. Lisa Rovin and Bob Clark also served on the project team, as did Ed Hunter of the National Center for Health Statistics. We are also indebted to all those who were contacted under this project. They included more than 50 individuals an
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Information Needs Associated with the Changing

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities

This report summarizes the insights and conclusions drawn from a project to asses unmet needs for supply-side information on the health system. The project focused on identifying how information needs associated with a changing health care system are perceived by providers, insurers, purchasers, consumers, and government at various levels. The proj
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