Prioritizing Measures That Matter Within a Person-Centered Oncology Learning Health System.

Background: Despite progress in developing learning health systems (LHS) and associated metrics of success, a gap remains in identifying measures to guide the implementation and assessment of the impact of an oncology LHS. Our aim was to identify a balanced set of measures to guide a person-centered oncology LHS.

Methods: A modified Delphi process and clinical value compass framework were used to prioritize measures for tracking LHS performance.

Transparency in health care: leading the way.

A one-day conference sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center focused on external transparency (sharing data outside an organization) also featured discussion of internal transparency (sharing data inside an organization).

Publicly reporting comprehensive quality and cost data: a health care system's transparency initiative.

Background: Transparency in health care, including the public reporting of health care results, is an expanding and unstoppable phenomenon. Health care systems have an opportunity to: (1) be proactive and accountable for the care they provide, (2) help patients learn more about their condition as a supplement to understanding the performance measures, and (3) use public reporting to foster process of care and outcome improvement initiatives. An overview is provided of the first 22 months of a transparency initiative at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC).