At the eHealth Initiative's Annual Conference Tuesday, American Health Information Management Association CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon emphasized the importance of a strong information governance strategy for all hospitals and health systems.
Hospitals now collect and have access to more information than ever. To realize the full value of this information, hospitals need to have a plan to collect and analyze the data to make it actionable.
"Information governance gives us the ability to trust information," Ms. Thomas Gordon said. "When we can trust that the health information gleaned from clinical and business data collected has integrity, we can take that intelligence and turn it into knowledge. This is not only essential to surviving in this new environment, but has the potential to revolutionize the way care is delivered."
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