Authorization to Support Data Acquisition

The Commonwealth Fund’s scorecards are a key resource for tracking U.S. health system performance. Their findings, often featured by national and local media outlets, have highlighted wide variability in performance across markets while helping to focus public and policy attention on opportunities to improve. As major federal and state reforms unfold, the scorecards’ longitudinal tracking provides policymakers and others with a crucial tool for monitoring impact over time. The proposed authorization will support the Fund’s Tracking Health System Performance team in updating and producing the state and local scorecards, including interactive data displays, and preparing briefs in collaboration with other Fund programs on topics of national, state, and local policy interest.