Mission & Goals
Mission
The mission of the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Analytics is to improve population health in North Dakota and the Northern Plains through research on the quality, equity and efficiency of health care and public health. The Center will develop public/private collaborations, as well as seek more typical academic funding from government and foundations.
North Dakota Statewide Vision & Strategy Group Presentation - December 8, 2014
Goals
Goal 1
Analyze clinical and administrative databases for patterns related to quality, equity and efficiency
- Search for patterns in data and have clinical experts interpret
- Improve expert systems (i.e., are there acceptable patterns of practice that the expert system is not programmed to find?)
- Identify non-conforming practice patterns for educational interventions
- Identify non-conforming patterns for possible changes to evidence-based, clinical guidelines
- Develop expert systems that look for patterns in the data that conform to evidence-based, clinical guidelines (predetermined patterns)
- Develop analytical tools such as a risk-adjuster for specific populations
Goal 2
Conduct analytic studies of health care quality, equity and efficiency
- Impact analysis of policies such as insurance expansion or wellness incentives
- Clinical outcomes analytics
- Cost-benefit studies
- Trend analysis
- Predictive modeling for utilization and costs
- Population health modeling
Goal 3
Recommend health policy and interventional options based on research and evaluation studies
- Health promotion and prevention interventions
- Clinical diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring practices
Goal 4
Evaluate health policy changes and interventions undertaken as a result of research and evaluation studies
- Health promotion and prevention interventions
- Clinical diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring practices