Even before COVID-19, we knew that where a person lived impacted their health and well-being. But the pandemic has laid bare profound health disparities caused by structural inequity in communities across the U.S.
Health data interoperability can encompass different types of data: Clinical data, social determinants of health (SDOH) data, community-based organization (CBOs) services and appointments data, and claims data, to name several.
Sample Oregon clinic comparison report that demonstrates clinic variation in cost and quality compared to state averages. This report displays information based on claims data for commercial patients attributed to a primary care clinic. The report includes:
Comagine Health’s data solutions products and services uncover key insights and inequities, driving action that leads to lasting improvement. Find out more about what we offer and how we can help you create positive, sustainable change.
Comagine Health’s Data Solutions department is our hub for health information technology consulting, analytics, and external quality review.
Health information exchanges (HIEs) are increasingly successful at aggregating patients’ information for
Systems scientists have an adage that “everyone is right, but only partially so,” meaning that every person brings a unique perspective to a situation, but no one person can have the whole picture. This is true in health data systems as well.
Several factors emerging during the COVID pandemic combined to form a perfect storm that significantly reduced access to outpatient dialysis for patients in Oregon and Washington. Many people had to board in hospitals to receive dialysis. At one point, an estimated 450 patients in the two states boarded in hospitals for several months while awaiting access to outpatient dialysis. Comagine Health ESRD Network 16 convened a coalition of hospital administrators, discharge planners, dialysis providers and ESRD educators to find ways to facilitate urgent-start dialysis. The coalition identified key barriers to urgent-start dialysis and then developed solutions for overcoming those barriers.
This 2023 CMS Quality Conference poster details our methods and results.
H. Bard Coats, MD, MBA
Clinical Director
Jenny Lingle, RN, MAS, Population Health Management
Senior Improvement Advisor
