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Dashboards, Metrics & Health

So, do you have an altimeter on the dashboard of your car to gauge your altitude?”

In my last blog post I discussed how metrics need to fit the thing being measured and how a one-metric-fits-all or one-metric-says-it-all approach can be misleading.

I attended the organizational meeting of the Health Policy Committee in the Michigan House of Representatives last Thursday and had the privilege of speaking with a number of committee members afterwards.  Chairman Gail Haines of Waterford really has a good group on this committee.  They bring together a very broad and diverse set of backgrounds in the area of health policy and they clearly have a passion for making improvements in our state in this area.  I think that they will work well together and listen to a broad range of points of view as they do some good things in our state.

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