Analytics

Jeff Fuller, Director of Analytics at Carolinas Healthcare System, describes how his organization's approach to analytics started with a research focus on predictive analytics and innovations and has shifted to operational cost control and quality.

James A. Colbert, MD, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses how to use data to create a high-value referral network for specialty care and reduce costs.

Brian Wells, Associate VP of Health Technology and Academic Computing at Penn Medicine, talks about the PennSeek application and the effort to index and connect different types of data to make it accessible and effective for precision medicine.

Jonathan Weiner discusses the topics of his presentation from the 2015 Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum in NYC: the future of EHRs and other data sources for population health.

With Stage 2 meaningful use, ICD-10, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and the Affordable Care Act dominating the agenda these past few years, Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka, MD, is doing some research to help reshape next priorities.

Oncology focused health IT companies Varian Medical Systems and Flatiron Health have forged an alliance aimed at eradicating cancer sooner rather than later.

There are as many definitions for the phrase as there are people willing to address the question. But within those are some common characteristics that can be boiled down for further understanding.

Chicago's Advocate Health Care has 13 hospitals and one of the largest accountable care organizations in the U.S. With population health management at the center of ACO success, it is well acquainted with using analytics for quality improvement.

As it aims to broaden its predictive analytics and personalized health capabilities, Welltok, developer of the CaféWell health optimization platform, has acquired Burlington, Mass.-based Predilytics.

As the healthcare industry moves toward a more precise definition of its biggest new buzzword, providers and payers are facing some serious technical and political challenges as they embrace population health management.