Assess provider and health plan performance with special expertise in value-driven initiatives.
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Data Integration and Database Development
Sound policy development as well as analysis to inform policy ultimately rests on high-quality data. Thomson Healthcare has a distinguished history of developing databases and related tools to support research and analysis on healthcare costs, utilization, and quality.
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Medical Episode Grouper
Medical Episode Grouper (MEG) uses risk-adjusted, disease-based methodology to allow users to group patients by clinically defined levels of severity and compare physicians while improving the overall quality of care. -
Software and Database Development
Designing and implementing unique databases and Web-based interfaces for research data collection, data dissemination, and database analysis. -
Statistical Informatics
Healthcare policy development and decision making in many areas benefit from sound statistical information and analysis, presented in accessible form. Yet too often, sophisticated analyses are published only in technical journals and not delivered in useable ways to the policy makers who rely on them to guide decisions.