ABSTRACT

Objectives ........................................................................................................178 Abstract ............................................................................................................178 Introduction ....................................................................................................179 Background .....................................................................................................179 Status of Health Data Governance Today ...................................................180 A Data Governance Framework: The Foundation for Managing Data, People, and Change ..............................................................................182 Health Organization Business Drivers ........................................................185 Data Sources ....................................................................................................185 Mission .............................................................................................................186 People ...............................................................................................................187 Managing Risk, Continuous Improvement, and Change ......................... 190

Managing Risk .......................................................................................... 190 Managing Continuous Improvement .................................................... 190 Managing Change: An Integral Component of the Data Governance Process ..................................................................................191

Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Data Governance Program Desired Outcomes ..........................................................................................193 Data Governance in the Future ....................................................................197 References ........................................................................................................198

After reading this chapter, readers shall be able to: