Analytics

Germany will soon be embarking on a national project to assess the digital maturity of its 2,000 hospitals. If it focuses on understanding the impact on clinicians and patients, it can catch up with the world’s digital health leaders, says Armin Scheuer, VP international business development, HIMSS. 

Prescriptive analytics can help providers lower their risk in value-based contracts, says Gray Matter Analytics CEO Sheila Talton.

The massive amount of data available in healthcare makes it a prime area for artificial intelligence and machine learning automation.

Developed by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard, Northeastern, Oxford and other academic organizations, the new dataset offers researchers access to more than 5 million anonymized cases from more than 100 countries.

Since the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) invested in an advanced communication ecosystem, improved cooperation between healthcare workers has triggered many related benefits, from flexible workflows to a better patient experience.

The Wall Street Journal says Big Blue is pondering ways it might off-load the healthcare AI subsidiary, and IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has already signaled a ''maniacal focus" on hybrid cloud development.

A report, from centre-right think-tank Reform, highlights the urgent action needed to address England’s backlog of non-COVID-related procedures that were put on hold during the pandemic.

Think of it like advanced imaging analytics: The data it provides clinicians can be invaluable to successfully treating cancer patients.

AdventHealth, Advocate Aurora, Northwell, Novant, Providence and Tenet are just some of the major providers collaborating on the new data platform, whose goal is to "improve health equity and advance personalized medicine," according to its CEO.

Even as the medical association itself works toward more diversity, it's helping lead the charge on social determinants, ZIP code disparities and other challenges brought to the fore by a pandemic that's disproportionally affected communities of color.