1-43-19. Comprehensive health data system established--Purpose.
The Department of Health shall coordinate the establishment and maintain oversight of a comprehensive health data system for the purposes of:
(1)Health care planning, policy development, policy evaluation, and research by federal, state, and local governments;
(2)Monitoring payments for health services by the federal and state governments;
(3)Assessing and improving the quality of health care;
(4)Measuring and optimizing access to health care;
(5)Supporting public health functions and objectives;
(6)Improving the ability of health plans, health care providers, and consumers to coordinate, improve, and make choices about health care; and
(7)Monitoring costs at provider and plan levels.
Source: SL 1993, ch 23, §1; SL 1994, ch 24, §1.