Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives
Denise Love from NAHDO discusses the importance of public health data standards beyond communicable diseases. The collaboration with the Private Sector and addressing evolving state health care data needs, such as nosocomial infections and race/ethnicity, are essential. NAHDO and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium tackle technological and political barriers, ensuring that industry reporting requirements are balanced with practical benefits. The initiative seeks to enhance data collaboration and support for quality-based purchasing through innovative solutions and training workshops.
Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives
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Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives National Association of Health Data Organizations Denise Love March 17, 2004
NAHDO’s Standards Perspective • Public health is broader than communicable disease reporting and epidemiology • The source of public health’s data is the private sector • Technological and political barriers require innovative solutions • The Public Health Data Standards Consortium is unique---composed of organizations representing diverse niches of expertise
NAHDO and Standards • NAHDO is actively engaged in health care data standards activities • State health care data systems are based on UB-92 or the UHDDS plus local fields • State health care data needs are evolving: • e.g. nosocomial infections, race/ethnicity • Pharmacy, patient safety, and outpatient data initiatives • Balancing reporting burden with benefits: • Reasonable and appropriate reporting requirements • Industry gets something in return or buys into the “public good”
UB-92-based Reporting Plus: Fields added by States and Tracked by NAHDO Data elements in red/bold are sought by National Purchasers for Quality
NAHDO’s Standards Activities Support our Base Constituencies • AHRQ/HCUP National Data Standards Project (listserv, technical assistance) • NCHS/CDC Education materials for Health Data Reporting Guide and E-codes • AHRQ and CDC funding for NAHDO’s National Standards Consultant to attend: NUBC, X12N, HL7 • Consulting with Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Group to expand UB-04 to support quality-based purchasing • National testimony on state positions • Training Workshops: teleconferences and in-person funded by CDC, AHRQ/BRIC, membership funds
How the Consortium Fits with NAHDO’s Standards Initiatives • NAHDO seeks Consortium support for its members’ health care data agenda • NAHDO is a founding member of Public Health Data Standards Consortium • The Consortium has the power: • To address cross-cutting standards issues • To combine voices around critical data needs • Examples: • Unique patient identifier • Independent assessment of the PHIN and NHII
The Challenge • Identifying the business model and its niche vis a vis other associations • Remaining flexible to rapidly respond to evolving issues • Anticipating the future: proactive vs. reactive