The Kanter Letter on Health Outcomes Research and a National Health Outcomes Database Published by the Kanter Family Foundation, Joseph H. Kanter, Chairman Inaugural Edition Vol. November 2000, Philip D. Duncan, Editor To stimulate discussion and development of a National Health Outcomes Database, the Kanter Family Foundation will publish news of the work that we and others are doing to create this revolutionary tool for improving the quality of health care. To achieve this goal, the Kanter Family Foundation is working to develop a national database on evidence-based medicine and health outcomes research. Patients and health care providers will use this data to make better informed decisions about how to treat illnesses. On Oct. 30, more than 200 leading health care researchers, academicians, disease organizations and government officials gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to discuss plans for developing a demonstration health database project.
Today is the information age.
New technology permits us to produce, collect, organize and store important data. We can develop a National Health Outcomes Database now. Using Health Care Information to Help Make Treatment Decisions. In October 1999 and again in April 2000, the Health Legacy Partnership brought a group of distinguished experts from around the country to Rockville, Md., to provide advice and assistance on the development of a National Health Outcomes Database. In his opening remarks to the experts, Joe Kanter acknowledged the difficulty of creating an outcomes database.