Collecting and Analyzing Data

To develop standardized procedures for data collection, you must first develop a method to collect the data.

You must ask and answer three important questions:

• Who will collect the data?
• When will we collect the data and how often?
• What format will we use to collect the data?

Learn more about the fictional Simkins Memorial Hospital’s efforts to collect and analyze data to combat health care disparities in a video on the next page.