While it is clear that much remains to be learned to maximize the potential of APCDs and to reduce the difficulty and cost of using them, national momentum is building behind developing measures to be used with APCDs and defining the business cases for maintaining APCDs. This report provides an overview of both the potential for APCDs to generate the information needed to improve care, as well as caveats to keep in mind while doing so.
The next steps included prioritizing and organizing existing measures identified from sources included within this review. The categories and domains described here provided a structure for undertaking this next step.
