Decision Support

Predictive analytics are not going to be perfect. But that’s okay. Experts explain the sweet spot to target today.  

Benson Hsu, MD, vice president of data and analytics at Sanford Health, explains how sharing data with 'smart people' from outside the health system has led to some innovative applications for population health management.

"The voices of regulation, defensive medicine, billing and quality measure reporting have been so loud that the primary reason for documentation has been ignored," said Peter Basch, MD, of MedStar Health in Washington.

One of the largest healthcare providers in Hawaii, it's only the second two-time winner of the Enterprise Davies Award since the inception of the program in 1994.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $347 million to 16 national, regional or state hospital associations, quality improvement organizations and health systems to continue efforts in reducing hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions.

The software giant joins rivals IBM and Google in putting supercomputing to work on cancer research and treatment. 

The organizations are building a research laboratory for brain-inspired machine comprehension to develop systems that mimic certain human abilities.

Money from MACRA, the first direct investment in health center IT since the days of HITECH, will go toward value-based care, data exchange, clinical decision support, patient engagement, and more.

The technology leverages the company’s 175 million patient-record years and a patient’s medical history to predict the patient’s future health.

Roanoke, Virginia-based Carilion Clinic will put predictive analytics technology from PeraHealth to work spotting hospital patients who might be at risk.