Analytics
Electronic health records are typically touted as providing two primary and vital services: readily accessible patient records and protection against contraindicated medications. But Intermountain Healthcare is benefiting from a growing and transformative versatility in the application of its EHRs.
Judy Murphy, Chief Nursing Officer at IBM, discusses the growing influence of mobile technologies in healthcare analytics.
From population health management to meaningful use, cybersecurity to EHR usability, healthcare will face an array of challenges and opportunities over the next 12 months. Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka, MD, offers his predictions for 2016.
Patricia Salber, MD, founder and CEO of Health Tech Hatch and host of the popular blog "The Doctor Weighs In," reflects on discussions from the 2015 Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum in Boston.
Sriram Vishwanath, professor in data science and informatics at The University of Texas in Austin, TX, discusses the inherent challenges (and significant value) of analyzing healthcare data and using it to predict outcomes.
Ray Manahan, Director of Government Programs at Providence Health & Services, talks about analyzing data from the past and using predictive analytics for gauging future performance to comply with changing government programs from CMS.
David W. Bates, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital offers critical advice to organizations new to analytics and pondering an initial approach.
Charles Macias, MD, Director of the Evidenced-Based Outcomes Center at Texas Children's Hospital, talks about the organization's drive to improve outcomes through analytics by integrating systems across clinical care, operations and finance.
Thomas Hill Ph.D, Executive Director for Analytics for Dell Statistica Software, explains how historical data can be used to predict risk and how it applies to clinical settings.
Neil R. Kudler, MD, VP and CMIO at Baystate Medical Center, and Larry Schor of Medecision talk about a solution they built to deliver metrics that is helping clinicians make better decisions at Baystate Medical Center.