Policy suggestions to support a continuous learning healthcare system
| •Support “meaningful use” programs |
| •Accelerate the incorporation of research parameters into meaningful use guidelines for electronic health records |
| •Incentivize the consistent collection of outcomes data in standards-based form |
| •Develop a policy framework that supports the accessibility of clinical data for researchers and incentivizes data sharing |
| •Incentivize standards-based data collection and data exchange capabilities in research |
| •Enforce current provisions that mandate the sharing of data from government-funded research in a timely way |
| •Support “meaningful use” programs |
| •Accelerate the incorporation of research parameters into meaningful use guidelines for electronic health records |
| •Incentivize the consistent collection of outcomes data in standards-based form |
| •Develop a policy framework that supports the accessibility of clinical data for researchers and incentivizes data sharing |
| •Incentivize standards-based data collection and data exchange capabilities in research |
| •Enforce current provisions that mandate the sharing of data from government-funded research in a timely way |