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We can do better. We have the wealth, the health care institutions, the dedicated professionals, the technological progress, the medical research, and the ingenuity required to make the U.S. health care system truly the best in the world.
To mobilize those resources more effectively, we need much better information on health system performance—nationally, regionally, and at the level of the individual health system, hospital, or medical group. We need data on how we are doing and what the best practices or most promising innovations are in care delivery. We need a transparent health care system, with information accessible to everyone—patients, their families, health care professionals, and those who pay for care, including insurers, employers, and government agencies. We need a modern health information system that makes it easy for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to give the right care in the right way every time.
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