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Unleashing Government Data and Information To Enable Transformation: Next
Generation of CMS Compare Data
Patrick Conway, M.D., MScCMS Chief Medical Officer and
Director, Office of Clinical Standards and QualityJune 5, 2012
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Open Government Data
Access to high quality data is critical to innovation, quality improvement, and increased efficiency in health care1
3 Keys to success- Expansion of data access- Leverage nongovernmental partners and applications- Improve data iteratively and focus on data and
information as a line of business Data has the power to transform care by providers,
inform consumers, and drive disruptive innovations1 Conway PH and Vanlare JM. Improving Access to Health Care Data. The Open Government Strategy. JAMA. 2010 Sep 1;304(9):1007-8.
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Overview
Examples of Compare Sites with related data and future directions
Moving to easier data access and use
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Physician Compare
Launched as physician compare in 2010 Physician Compare currently has information on
approximately 800,000 Medicare enrolled providers Provides information on physicians and other healthcare
professionals such as: Name Address and phone number Specialties Clinical training Gender Written and spoken language Hospital affiliation Physician Quality Reporting System and e-rx participation
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Physician Compare Future Scheduled for a full site redesign in early 2013 Future measures and information to be added to
the site include:PQRS, EHR, and MOC ParticipationPQRS Group Practice Reporting Option
(GPRO) Participation and performancePatient experience measuresPerformance measures
Downloadable data, while not currently available, is strongly under consideration
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Hospital Compare
Initially launched March 31, 2005 Redesign released July 2010 Features
Hospital Demographic Data Hospital Process of Care Measures Hospital Outcome of Care Measures Patients’ Hospital Experience Measures Patient Safety Measures Recently efficiency measure added Volume Data
Data is same data used for hospital value based purchasing Plan for future enhancements in terms of data timeliness and
ease of data access
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Dialysis Facility Compare
Posting of data for dialysis facilities across the U.S.
Measures relevant to end stage renal disease patients
Measures drive payment for dialysis facilities There will be a major redesign to bring DFC into
alignment with the look, feel, and functionality of the other Compare Tools.
Additional measures will be added at the time of the transition in platforms.
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Home Health Compare
Initial launch October 2003 Redesign released October 2010 Features
Find and compare Home Health Agencies that serve your area
Agency demographicsPatient Care Quality Measures
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Nursing Home Compare
Initial Launch October 1998 Features
Find and compare nursing homes in ones area
Nursing home demographicsQuality measuresNurse staffing “Star” ratingsDownloadable data
Nursing Home Compare Redesign – July 2012
Current homepage New homepage
New look, new quality measures, new information
Survey Report on Nursing Home Compare – Transparency in Action
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The Potential for Government Data to Enable Transformation and CMS Compare Tools
Google analytics – our new platform for Compare ToolsData now more reliableDevelop and use metrics that ensure we’re
having the intended effectFunnel Conversions: Ways to see how users
are moving through the workflow, and where they get stuck.
First Quarter Page Views
Physician Compare 494,262
Nursing Home Compare 475,067
Hospital Compare 284, 009
Home Health Compare 221,429
Dialysis Facility Compare 79,011
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Web Services Architecture
All compare data on data.medicare.gov is machine readable.
Starting with July 2012 release, data for all tools will be updated on data.medicare.gov at the same time as the data on the sites.
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Web Services Architecture
Benefits of web services architecture --Data.medicare.gov - Enables other audiences to embed/reuse CMS data via an application programming interface (API).
Datasets can be customized and saved by users at low cost.
We can embed datasets on the Compare tools from data.medicare.gov and other users can embed our datasets onto their sites.
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Web Services Architecture
We/others can combine our data with other sets (i.e., maps).
We/others can customize and tell stories with our data.
Ultimately, we will transition the downloadable databases for all tools to the data.medicare.gov platform.
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Strategies for the future
Mobile versions of the tools
Mobile applications
Make our data available whenever possible so external stakeholders can put the data to use to improve the health system
Give us your best ideas and suggestions