Analytics

Big Blue aims to reach up to 25 million millennials across the continent to develop STEM skills.

Hospital system is rolling out EHR, population health platform, data warehouse and revenue cycle management technologies in consolidation from more than 75 existing applications.

The new technology is designed to help providers monitor clinical outcomes and make government reporting easier.

SNOMED International head David Markwell will shed light on how the clinical terminologies contribute to greater consistency for clinical analytics. 

Millions of people are struggling with conditions caused by neurological damage or disease, with impacts ranging from speech problems to total paralysis.

Informaticist Nephi Walton says that the cloud can be used to aggregate and harmonize data and argues that in certain ways it is more secure than what hospitals can handle on their own.

"Data is the currency of the next century," says Brian Ahier. And nowhere are health data and data management processes discussed, analyzed and examined more than at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Now that the healthcare industry is essentially digitized, analytics are moving to the fore for population, risk-sharing and value-based care, according to Geneia CTO Fred Rahmanian.

As more and more hospitals implement IG initiatives, the biggest upside is proving to be the money they save, according to AHIMA director of information governance Ann Meehan.

Today’s growing economy is forcing healthcare organizations to pay more for top talent. And many hospitals are finding that out the hard way.