Analytics

Health Catalyst aims to take learnings from the U.S. and work with healthcare systems in the APAC region to reduce waste using data analytics, says Farhana Nakhooda, the company's SVP of healthcare and life sciences.

The company says CareCloud’s integrated clinical and financial tools will help it offer its healthcare customers more ways to streamline physician workflows, improve patient outcomes and increase practice profitability.

The health system’s biggest payer presented it with a contract the payer said would net Owensboro $12 million a year. The health system’s financial IT said something quite different.

Three experts from different areas of the health IT field discuss how artificial intelligence is going to play a larger role in the year ahead.

physIQ extracts raw sensor readings from sensors, according to Karen Larimer, the company's director of clinical development, who highlights the takeaways for clinicians.

Melinda Wassell, chief health informatics officer at Work Healthy Australia, says helping practitioners self-learn and improve patient outcomes through coaching and data dashboards has also benefits employers with better risk mitigation strategies.

Fundamental issues related to executive support, staff buy-in and patient risk stratification need to be understood and addressed before machine learning applications can help with population health goals.

Dr. Harpreet Sood, co-founder of NHS Digital Academy, says skilling up the workforce is imperative as we must take advantage of the data available to help prevent clinician burnout.

Livongo's "Applied Health Signals" aggregates and analyzes information to generate insights that could make it easier for individuals to stay healthy, says Glen Tullman, the company's founder and chairman.