Analytics

Healthcare organizations should break down data into smaller sets that can be used to build into larger programs, experts say.

UMass Memorial exec says getting providers on board is a good first step, but workflow adjustments, a data-driven culture and coordination with community resources will deliver results.

It’s time to take stock of big data so we can move forward and turn it into knowledge, experts at the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum say.  

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf says the culture of “do no harm” is contending with the culture of innovation and “fail fast.”

What are the main digital workstreams the trust will be looking to deliver through the Global Digital Exemplar programme? AC: The Trust is focused on four main workstreams: a) The delivery of an infrastructure upgrade as the underpinning item for an upgrade to the latest version of our Epic system.

The hospital uses its EHR, analytics and associated IT to foster communications between departments, decrease visits and shorten wait times.  

The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative and Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement say the alliance will broaden their reach as they work to enable easier access to clinical, claims and social determinant data.

Immunization tracking method leverages an open source tool developed by NIST and can be fully integrated into EHRs and other clinical software.

EHR maker and pharmacy, which already work together on patient care, will share data and direct patients to lower-priced medications.

Cerner, IBM, Intermountain, AMIA are early sign-ons to the new Integrated Health Model Initiative, which seeks to improve the way healthcare information is organized and shared.