HHS launches Health System Measurement Project

This new online tool will enable consumers to search a variety of federal healthcare data sets to monitor how the health system is performing.

Modern Healthcare: HHS Launches Health Data Comparison Tool
A new online tool will allow public searches of disparate federal healthcare data sets in one place. HHS launched the Health System Measurement Project on Tuesday to allow simplified tracking of healthcare trends in access to care, cost and affordability, disease prevention and health information technology, according to a news release (Daly, 5/15).

CQ HealthBeat: New HHS Tool Tracks Health System Performance Online
A new Web-based tool is bringing together data sets from across the federal government in one place so Americans can monitor and measure how the nation's health care system is performing, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday in launching the new site. Known as the Health System Measurement Project, it will allow policy makers, health care providers and the public to develop consistent data-driven views of changes in critical U.S. health system indicators, HHS officials said (Gramlich, 5/15).