ABSTRACT
Abstract One of the first capabilities that integration and interoperability can support is a new approach to tracking analytics that can fit the individual organization and its regional and state perspectives. But the analytics have to be simple and delivered to the providers that are transforming their practice and delivered to the patient-consumers. Yes, there can be places for the real-analytics lovers and policy wonks but this has to be graphical, easily understood information that makes healthcare and the economic impact easy to understand. Think about this as the graphics on the front page of the USA Today or how to track your success on the fantasy football league. Just because it is statistics and risk factors-it can be presented to the patient-consumer and the local provider who wants to improve the care delivery. These new forms of simple-graphical analytics can also support the range of new innovative organizations. ACOs and new forms of value-network delivery will have to create analytic frameworks that can be aligned so that random nonintegrated measurements do not occur. Measures have to be integrated with each strategic improvement goal.
