Health Data
Health data description
MHCC collects data directly from health care facilities and insurance companies, and requests and maintains data from quality reporting organizations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Maryland and Washington, D.C. hospitals. These data are used to support a variety of policy and legislative reports, evaluations of demonstration programs, and quality reporting initiatives. Much of this data is available for public release, some of which requires review by an IRB.
Health Information Technology
The Benefits of Effective Health Information Technology
Effective implementation of health information technology (health IT) can help to assure that providers have the right information available at the
right time and place of care to improve treatment, prevent errors, and reduce health care costs. Health IT utilization can also facilitate the
collection of information, which can improve disease surveillance, increase health care knowledge, and shape best practice guidelines.
Advancing Health Information Technology
MHCC’s Center for Health Information Technology and Innovative Care Delivery is responsible for advancing health IT statewide. The Center has an
ambitious plan for advancing health IT that balances the need for information sharing with the need for strong privacy and security policies as
follows…
