Tim's WhatMatters Blog 

The real test of ACO progress is the ability to use data in the care delivery and care management processes. Everything else is just talk.

We have learned from the early EHR pioneers that ‘within the walls’ software implementations only slightly unfreeze the information locked in the paper charts. As a lever of systemic industry change, EHRs alone are pretty limited. Archimedes, the Greek math dude that postulated he could move the world if only he had a lever long enough, would not be impressed. With only EHRs, our data is still mostly frozen. Which gets me to my favorite new buzzword. ‘Data Liquidity’