Every february half the population in Uruguay can change it’s health service provider. Performance indicators have been published for three years but very few people consulted them. With the creation of a visualization and comparison tool (ATuServicio.uy) the amount of people accessing the data increased by 6.800%. It had great public reception, spawned several small investigations in the local papers and public debate on health data with participation of politicians, press and government authorities. Broad accessibility made evident errors and improved data quality, with health providers showing for the first time concern on the quality of their data.

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• Uruguay