Business Intelligence

Seattle-based KenSci has raised $8.5 million in its first round of funding. It plans to use the capital to further develop its data and machine learning platform and expand its operations.

Cybersecurity, analytics and population health have the attention and dollars of healthcare organizations, which also are beginning to invest in prescriptive analytics and artificial intelligence, a new Healthcare IT News survey finds.

The company will use the cash to meet the expanding demand for its suite of SaaS-based customer relationship management software.

The company said its goal is to make healthcare outcomes improvement accessible to all and, in turn, boost collaboration industrywide.

Seventy percent of security industry professionals believe threat intelligence is too complex or voluminous to provide actionable insights, according to Ponemon Institute's Threat Intelligence report released today.

Healthcare merger and acquisition activity was down in the third quarter of 2016. Compared with the second quarter, deal volume fell 11 percent, to 369 transactions, according to HealthcareM&A.com.

Peggy Chou shares the journey Atrius Health took in improving the risk adjustment on its value-based reimbursement contracts.

By analyzing data from payer claims and its own referral-management tracking system, Lawrence General Hospital was able to engage clinicians in strategies for improving care retention.

Where to start with an effective analytics program? A big staff and bigger budget are not prerequisites, says Karen Reff, manager of decision support at Union General Hospital.

Eighty-five percent of providers are currently in RCM replacement mode or assessment, according to the newest Black Book Market Research report.