Analytics and Reporting

T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Running the T Test

May 14, 2018

Post 2: In the first blog post of this series, I introduced the idea of using Excel to run T test on hospital quality data from CMS Hospital Compare. I laid out the assumptions and approach to the analysis. Please check it out before proceeding. The focus of this blog is setting up the Excel...Read more

T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Approach

Rik Ganguly, MPH

May 14, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

Post 1: Imagine you are in a pinch and need to run an analysis quickly and produce meaningful results. You throw your data into Excel, thinking all you need to do is enter some formulas and make it pretty. And then, after opening up with Excel and toying with your dataset, you realize this might...Read more

Advancing Greater Awareness of Price Transparency Tools and Information: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 18, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s Health Care Transparency Initiative recently asked stakeholders for feedback. As part of Freedman HealthCare’s response outlining recommendations to maximize the opportunity of APCDs, this post focuses on the most effective methods to connect consumers with this data. Current Approaches to Publicize Price and Quality Transparency Websites: Launch events Ongoing social media postings Press...Read more

Resources Are a Consistent Challenge APCDs Face: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 17, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s recently asked stakeholders for feedback. This is the fourth in a brief series of posts sharing Freedman HealthCare’s recommendations to maximize the opportunity of APCDs and alleviate barriers to the broad sharing of actionable health care data. This post focuses on how Congress could support APCDs in securing necessary resources. FHC works closely...Read more

APCDs Experience Limitations When Sharing Data: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 12, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s Health Care Transparency Initiative recently asked stakeholders for feedback. This is the third in a brief series of posts sharing Freedman HealthCare’s recommendations to maximize the opportunity of APCDs and alleviate barriers to the broad sharing of actionable health care data. This post focuses on how Congress could support broader data sharing by...Read more

Expanding Data Sources Available to APCDs: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 9, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s Health Care Transparency Initiative recently asked stakeholders for feedback. In a brief series of posts, I’ll be sharing Freedman HealthCare’s recommendations to the group, which focused on strategies to maximize the opportunity of APCDs and alleviate barriers to the broad sharing of actionable health care data. Our first series of recommendations addresses expanding...Read more

Health Care Price Transparency Initiative: Our Response

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 4, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

Health care costs are rising and the American public knows it. As healthcare costs increase, so does the shift towards higher deductible health plans. Here’s the effect. Patients pay more out-of-pocket and now more than ever want to know how much their health care is going to cost. In response, a bipartisan group of Senators,...Read more

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T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Running the T Test

T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Approach

Advancing Greater Awareness of Price Transparency Tools and Information: What Congress Can Do

Resources Are a Consistent Challenge APCDs Face: What Congress Can Do

APCDs Experience Limitations When Sharing Data: What Congress Can Do

Expanding Data Sources Available to APCDs: What Congress Can Do

Health Care Price Transparency Initiative: Our Response

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