Graduate medical education real-time data dashboard

(a) Establishment The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, (referred to in this section as the Secretary) shall develop and maintain a real-time data dashboard for graduate medical education residency training position participants. (b) Dashboard components The dashboard established under subsection (a) shall include— (1) real-time information on residency applications and match rates, including— (A) information on the number of applications received per residency program; (B) the geographic distribution of applicants to each such program; and (C) the number of interviews conducted with applicants to each such program; (2) aggregate statistical data on the characteristics of applicants to residency programs, presented in a manner that— (A) provides useful workforce planning information; and (B) protects individual privacy and does not include personally identifiable information; (3) residency position fulfillment rates by specialty and geographic region; (4) data on training program completion rates and graduate practice location patterns; and (5) an analysis of trends in physician placement in rural and medically underserved communities. (c) Interagency collaboration (1) Required collaboration In developing and maintaining the dashboard under this section, the Secretary shall collaborate with— (A) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; (B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and (C) the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines appropriate. (2) Data sharing agreements The Secretary shall enter into appropriate data sharing agreements with Federal agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to access relevant graduate medical education data maintained by such agencies, including data maintained by or through the Association of American Medical Colleges. (3) Coordination with existing systems The dashboard shall be designed to complement and integrate with existing data collection and reporting systems to avoid duplication and maximize efficiency. (d) Data privacy and security (1) Privacy protection The dashboard shall be designed and operated in compliance with all applicable Federal privacy law, including the privacy regulations promulgated pursuant to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note) and section 552a of title 5, United States Code. (2) De-identification All individual-level data included in or used to generate dashboard information shall be de-identified in accordance with applicable Federal regulations. (3) Security measures The Secretary shall implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data used in connection with the dashboard. (4) Access limitations (A) Non-public data The Secretary shall limit access to non-public dashboard data to authorized personnel with a legitimate need for such information in connection with health care workforce planning and program evaluation activities. (B) Public data The Secretary shall make aggregate, de-identified information from the dashboard publicly available through an accessible online interface, subject to appropriate privacy and security protections.