Healthcare Informatics September 8, 2015
Snapshot of an industry beginning transition to value-based care
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) continue to struggle with gaining access to data outside their organization and with data integration. An August 2015 survey of 69 ACOs by the eHealth Initiative also found change management and the cost of new health information technology among key challenges.
The third annual ACO survey by eHI in conjunction with Premier Inc. asked respondents about the type of data they collect and what they are using it for. The survey found that ACOs most often analyze claims data (96%) and clinical data (79%) followed by administrative data (52%) disease registry data (39%) and patient-reported data (38%). They reported working to identify gaps in care (84%); identify...