Health Analytics

Data mining in health care is in its infancy, but it is a natural outgrowth of the EHR systems beginning to proliferate in the sector. Hospitals and group practices are mining data for many purposes, including identification of at-risk patients, trends in service line utilization, and improvement opportunities in the revenue cycle.

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Most Wasteful States for Prescription Meds

May 01

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Consumer Health

Group Practices

Hospitals

Medication Management

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Biobank Program for Personalized Medicine Hits 25K Enrollees

Joseph Goedert | Apr 29

Twenty-five thousand individuals now have enrolled in the Mount Sinai Biobank Program of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, the organization announced on April 29.

Data Repositories

Disease Management

Chronic Care

Hospitals

EHR

Systems Integration

In Pursuit of Quality Analytics

Gary Baldwin | Apr 26

Dignity Health’s data repository defines big—every night it grows by some 500 GB. Encompassing 39 hospitals across four western states, Dignity (the former Catholic Healthcare West) is using that data warehouse to create an analytics infrastructure to drive quality improvement efforts among an initial group of 600 physicians, themselves scattered across disparate locations.

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Group Practices

Hospitals

Data Repositories

Analysis: Most ER Visits from Privately Insured are Avoidable

Joseph Goedert | Apr 25

A Truven Health Analytics study of more than 6.5 million emergency department visits of privately insured patients finds only 29 percent of them required immediate attention.

Payers

Consumer Health

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

Group Practices

Hospitals

Data Repositories

New Federally Supported Networks to Aid in Comparative Treatment Research

Joseph Goedert | Apr 24

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, an independent not-for-profit organization created in the Affordable Care Act, has issued two funding announcements to establish the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.

Disease Management

Consumer Health

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Chronic Care

NFL Drafts eClinicalWorks to Tackle On-Field Injuries

Apr 24

The NFL draft is getting underway, and the league has made a draft choice of its own: It has called on eClinicalWorks to create a mobile electronic health record that will be used by team caregivers to provide real-time access to player videos and information on how to diagnose and treat sports injuries.

Decision Support

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Medical Imaging

Mobile Technology

Web Technology

Wireless/Mobile

MGMA Data Breaks Down Physician Compensation

Joseph Goedert | Apr 24

New data from the Medical Group Management Association shows wide disparities in physician on-call compensation, and differences in how medical directors are paid stipends for their additional duties.

Group Practices

HIT Vendor News Round-up

Joseph Goedert | Apr 19

Cleaner patient rooms and new alliances are among health information technology vendor announcements in recent days:

Disease Management

Systems Integration

Payers

Vendor News

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Group Practices

Electronic Data Interchange

Looking for BI Talent? You’re Not Alone

Boris Evelson at Forrester Research | Apr 18

Whether you are just starting on your BI journey or are continuing to improve on your past successes, shortage of skilled and experienced BI resources is going to be one of your top challenges. You are definitely not alone in this quest. Here are some scary statistics:

EHR

Decision Support

Data Repositories

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Groups Offer Money for Better Use of Data

Joseph Goedert | Apr 16

A policy and research organization, a consultancy and a large independent practice association have teamed to offer a two-year competition with monetary prizes for initiatives that help health care organizations more effectively use data to reduce costs while improving quality.

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Truven Health Analytics Names Top 15 Health Systems

Joseph Goedert | Apr 15

In its fifth annual study, Truven Health Analytics has listed the top 15 health systems based on scores from eight measures of quality, patient perception of care and efficiency.

Hospitals

Disease Management

Chronic Care

CDC Wants to Use Phone Texting to Conduct Surveys

Joseph Goedert | Apr 15

The Centers for Disease Control is readying a feasibility study of conducting population health surveys via consumers’ smartphones.

Consumer Health

Disease Management

Policy & Regulation

Mobile Technology

Tracking HIT Acquisitions in 1Q 2013

Apr 14

Chronic Care

Consumer Health

Disease Management

Electronic Data Interchange

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Mobile Technology

Payers

Practice Management

Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Vendor News

The Big Data Revolution: Part 2

Steve Miller, Co-Founder, OpenBI LLC | Apr 12

A new book shows how to assess the value of data in present and future uses.

Group Practices

Data Repositories

EHR

Hospitals

Payers

Health Datapalooza to Feature a Coding Challenge

Joseph Goedert | Apr 12

Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, is seeking 10 coding teams for a competition at the Health Datapalooza conference, June 3-4 in Washington, with $25,000 in prizes on the line.

Coding

Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

Chronic Care

Disease Management