Pew Tells Senators UDI System Will Promote Health Data Sharing-thegraysheet: In response to the Senate Finance Committee’s June 12 request for comments (Word Document) on ways to make health care data more useful and readily available, stakeholders behaved like characters in the “Blind Men and the Elephant” fable, i.e., each group commented on totally different aspects of data sharing issues. The Senators wrote: “Health care-related data, specifically, is a growing but largely untapped resource for accelerating improvements in health care quality and value.” The committee asked providers, patients, advocates, insurers and industry for new ideas to improve the overall transparency of the health care system. Comments were due Aug. 12.
