Healthcare IT Today April 16, 2023
Data quality is not a destination. It is a journey or perhaps a state of mind according to Clinical Architecture. There is risk in treating good data quality as a destination because what constitutes good quality today may not be sufficient for future needs. Data must be continuously improved, audited, and refined. Clinical Architecture has created a data quality journey map that helps its clients get started and continue pushing for improved data quality.
We spoke with Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture via email about the data quality journey and what it’s implications are for healthcare organizations.
1. In the past you have talked about the cost of poor-quality data in healthcare. Is that all opportunity cost or are...