Metrics That Matter for Population Health Action Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Indeed, said David Kindig, Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, not only is there an overabundance of measures and indicators available for measuring various aspects of population health, but there have been multiple efforts to examine the nature, validity, uses, and usefulness of existing measures with the goal of simplifying existing sets to meet the needs of all decision makers, from policy makers to communities, without much success in meeting that goal. 1 The planning committee's role was limited to planning the workshop, and the workshop summary has been prepared by the workshop rapporteur as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop.
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The workshop may include relevant examples of national, state, and local measure sets currently in use or recently proposed (e.g., examples from pertinent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reports)
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Chapter 5 recounts the key learnings from four rounds of World Café discussions, and Chapter 6 provides a reflection on the day's discussions. In accordance with the policies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, workshop participants did not attempt to make any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers and workshop participants.
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