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AHRQ Learning Network Builds on Secretary's Value-Driven Health Care Principles
- All health care is "local."
- Transparency—accurate meaningful information on quality and cost—is key to provider improvement and consumer engagement.
- Collaboratives involving key stakeholder groups—public and private payers, providers, plans and consumers*—hold promise to foster requisite reforms.
* and in some cases State data organizations, Quality Improvement Organizations, and health information exchanges.
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