title: Healthcare: navigating without a compass. Poor data, poor healthcare? Who knows?
authors.affiliation: VP Nursing/VP Clinical Programs, Ottawa Hospital.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nicklin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zitner
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002170:Canada; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*