To measure is to learn, and learning has both a local and an international dimension. Within individual facilities, practices, and provider organizations, clinicians can learn from the outcomes data they gather, improving the lives of their own patients and their colleagues’ patients. At the same time, data derived from standard, internationally-accepted metrics allow care teams across geographies to learn from one another. Measuring and reporting outcomes data allows caregivers from Chicago to Sheffield, from Dublin to Dubai, from Tel Aviv to Tokyo, to evaluate their work using the universal “language” of health outcomes.
