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National Health Outcomes Database

The United States needs a National Health Outcomes Database. Such a
database would dramatically improve the quality and consistency of care
delivered by our health system by ensuring that health care
decision-making reflects the best scientifically-based information and
outcomes research. A National Health Outcomes Database uses electronic
health information from multiple data sources to offer unbiased,
evidence-based guidance on “what treatments work best”.
For more than a decade, The Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation has led
the effort to raise awareness and begin creating the National Health
Outcomes Database. The proposed database is conceived to be a practical
method to improve health care decision-making by allowing patients and
physicians the opportunity to tap into scientifically-based information
and health outcomes research.

In order for a National Health Outcomes Database to work, it needs

continuous updates of data. Personal electronic medical records which
the Federal Government has directed all doctors, hospitals and medical
providers nationwide to adopt by 2015 are the ideal source of health
outcome data. Defining characteristic data such as age, height, and
gender; treatment data like surgeries and prescribed medications; and
outcome data would be extracted from the personal electronic medical
records. All collected information would remain anonymous. Personal and
confidential information such as the patient’s name, social security
number or address would be stripped.
The ongoing collection, management and analysis of health data would be
overseen by a Federal Health Board (FHB), modeled after the Federal
Reserve System for banking. To learn more about the proposed FHB, click
here <http://healthlegacy.org/federal-health-board>.
The technology needed to build a compendium of treatment results indexed
by age, sex, and other patient variables exists today. Smaller scale
databases are already in use by government agencies, and highly lauded
for their ability to improve health care delivery. In addition, Congress
has already funded two of our Partners health care databases. The Center
for Disease Control (CDC) links every hospital in the country to provide
immediate information on infectious diseases and bioterrorism attacks
and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collects
information on hospital deaths caused by human error. This is only the
beginning.
The Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation in partnership with eHealth
Initiative has launched Partnership for Connecting for Research on
Outcomes and Effectiveness, an 18-month national effort to create a
model for a National Health Outcomes Database using electronic health
information from multiple data sources to offer unbiased, evidence-based
guidance on “what treatments work best”.

The pilot project prioritizes the patient’s privacy. All records remain
the private property of the patient, and cannot be given out without the
patient’s approval. Next, all personal names will be stripped from the
records and replaced with an assigned number known only to the patient
and provider, and all records will be kept securely in the provider’s
office.

Health Legacy Partnership (HELP) and Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation

PO Box 223220 Hollywood, FL 33022 Phone: 954-921-1406
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