To the Editor:
In his May 26 column, “Obamacare’s Other Surprise,” Thomas L. Friedman discusses how data that support medical decision-making and collaboration, dovetailing with new tools in the Affordable Care Act, are spurring the innovation necessary to deliver improved health care for more people at affordable prices.
This is just another example of how public policy is driving a smarter health care system focused on the quality of care, not the quantity of care delivered. That means increasing transparency and accountability, avoiding costly mistakes and readmissions, keeping patients healthy, and enabling new payment and care delivery models, like accountable care organizations, to work.
