The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has requested input on a proposed public-private national healthcare data stewardship entity, which would have oversight of the various uses of healthcare data and be responsible for setting rules and standards for sharing and using healthcare quality measurement data.
The AHRQ asks for public input by way of responses to a number of questions in its Federal Register notice of June 4, such as:
• Whether or not there is a need for such an entity and the reasons, including the value such an entity might bring and issues it might solve
• Desirable governmental and private sector roles in such an organization, or in health data stewardship more generally
• The risks of creating such an entity
• Key challenges to creating and maintaining a data stewardship entity
Responses are requested by July 27, 2007.
