State Policy Linked to Improved Data Sharing, Care Quality

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Despite the big investment and adoption, the study notes that the actual use of the data and resulting improvements to healthcare quality and productivity have been tepid.

MIT-Sloan looked at shifting policies among the 50 states over the 20-year span and then tested whether health information sharing responds to changes in state laws.

The findings identify policies can have the potential to bolster the use of digital tools to improve health and lower costs.

For example, the research shows that data protection policies affect health information sharing the most.

In states that make the protection of data...