title: A better thermometer. IOM report calls for collecting new data to accurately measure what makes Americans sick, but providers wonder how it will be paid for.
abstract: A new IOM report seeks to create a new mechanism for collecting and measuring data on public health to give policymakers better tools in steering health policy. Providers hope this doesn't mean they'll be stuck with the bill. "This is a public good and therefore I would not expect that it's reliant on hospital contributions. It should be resourced through public means," says the AHA's Nancy Foster, left.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States