Tag: Data Analytics

March 9, 2017

Despite a provision within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires health plans to collect patient information on race, ethnicity and language, that data is still missing among federal and commercial payers. As of 2015, half of Medicaid plans and […]

March 2, 2017

Billions of dollars and an immeasurable level of excitement surround precision medicine, but several researchers say the real-world challenges tied to these initiatives should temper expectations. The promise of precision medicine has been widely embraced by the medical community, particularly […]

March 1, 2017

By tapping into genomics and data analytics, Inova Health System is focusing its efforts—and capital spending—on precision medicine initiatives that hospital officials believe will change the way clinicians care for patients. Inova is making significant investments in a new Center […]

February 6, 2017

There’s no such thing as a “typical patient,” and for doctors, any tool that helps deliver better insights into a patient’s condition is a welcome one. At the same time, patients rely on doctors to treat them as individuals when seeking […]

January 23, 2017

Health may be priceless, but healthcare is not. With medical costs on the rise, insurance companies and government payers are increasingly asking pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers to prove—and quantify—the value of their therapies. The Push for Value-Based Purchasing Under […]

January 5, 2017

A couple of months ago, HIMSS released some statistics from its survey on US hospitals’ plans for IT investment over the next 12 months. The results contain a couple of data points that I found particularly interesting: While I had […]

January 3, 2017

Healthcare providers have reached a tipping point. As little as ten years ago, they struggled to collect accurate, actionable clinical data. With much of it locked away in siloed electronic health records (EHRs) or paper patient charts, the best most […]

December 15, 2016

A group of hospitals in Paris is exploring the use of data analytics and machine learning to predict patient admissions down to the hour. Four hospitals within the city’s public hospital system are trialing a new data-driven approach that combs […]

December 12, 2016

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System a five-year, $2.9-million grant to launch a new center, one of only eight in the country, for diabetes translation research. The […]

November 11, 2016

In back-to-back months this summer, announcements around new mandatory bundled payment programs from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as well as the latest updates regarding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) penalties on hospitals for failing […]

November 3, 2016

Data and analytics initiatives may be a central part of digital business transformations, but that doesn’t mean that top executives trust these efforts, even within their own organizations. A new report commissioned by KPMG and conducted by Forrester Consulting finds […]

October 26, 2016

In a healthcare industry where data is a valuable strategic asset – often zealously hoarded and protected – Benson S. Hsu, MD, vice president, enterprise data and analytics at Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Sanford Health, has lately been taking a […]

October 25, 2016

There is no glory in governance. There are no sparkling data clusters to admire. There are no dazzling 3D images. There is nothing that makes people step back and say: “That is so cool!” Instead, governance is decidedly unsexy. It […]

October 25, 2016

Health data is now on the verge of a new wave. Call it Data 3.0. At the core of this new age of healthcare analytics: data that is actionable, explainable, trusted and contextualized. “Context is everything, especially in data,” said […]

October 18, 2016

Data—it’s the undeniable force disrupting and changing everything in healthcare. Still, the question remains: how will investing in HIT to make use of all that data pay off for providers? Well, for one thing, it will prevent providers from having […]

October 3, 2016

UnitedHealth Group and the University of California are embarking upon a 10-year “strategic relationship” that they hope will transition the state to a collaborative, value-based healthcare system. As part of the initiative, UnitedHealthcare and UC Health will create an accountable […]

September 29, 2016

Launching an effective digital analytics strategy is a must-do to understand organizational challenges. But many organizations are still trying to figure out how to get business values from expensive analytics programs. Here are five common analytics mistakes that can kill […]

September 27, 2016

Industry observers agree: the leveraging of data analytics is in an early and frankly, rather challenging, phase in U.S. healthcare. The leaders of patient care organizations that are plunging into the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs), other risk-based types […]

September 27, 2016

Genomic medicine requires high-quality data that can be readily accessed and applied in the patient care setting. Yet, despite improvements to electronic health record systems, much work remains to optimize their ability to support genomically informed care. That’s the contention […]

August 12, 2016

Big data is quickly becoming an essential part of modern medical research. While claiming that big data can “cure” cancer or other serious diseases may be bit of an overstep, big data is a vital part of the research and […]