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Computerization in Health Care Demands High Data Standards

Harvard Business Review

Further the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has set benchmarks that ensure at least minimal connectivity. Within the domains where they are used consistently, such terminologies and benchmarks are fine. As a first step, many organizations have recognized the need for common data terminologies (e.g., and developed their own.

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Collect Your Employees’ Data Without Invading Their Privacy

Harvard Business Review

The team that’s proposing the data analysis needs to have real power and motivation to change the business based on the findings. We provide people with personal, confidential reports that compare their own data to organizational benchmarks, and this helps give them an incentive to participate.