By Robert Rowley MD – The outcome of the recent election caught many people, and many forecasters, by surprise. How could their predictions have missed the mark so significantly?
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By Sarianne Gruber – Predictive Analytics World moderator, Jeff Deal recited Ms. Bresnick’s statement to the panelists and asked “Is that statement fair? Is analytics still on the backburner in healthcare?
Study by Health Catalyst: Nearly 80% of hospital executives believe the future of healthcare could be significantly improved through the use of predictive analytics.
Predictive analytics can be used effectively to evaluate massive data generated within the healthcare industry. Predictive analytics is a process that uses machine learning to analyze data and make predictions.
Precision Advisors, a Precision for Medicine Company, announced the findings from its 2015 Digital Trends Study of 145 managed care executives. The study concludes that decision makers are aware of the concepts of big data and predictive analytics, but are not equipped to fully implement them.
At this year’s HIMSS15 conference in Chicago I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Butts, CEO of ZirMed. In the video interview, Tom…
By Paul Bradley – The reasons claims are denied are so varied that managing denials can feel like chasing a thousand different tails. This situation is not surprising given that a hypothetical denial rate of just 5 percent translates to tens of thousands of denied claims per year for large hospitals—where real-world denial rates often range from 12 to 22 percent.
At last year’s HIMSS in Orlando it was pretty obvious “analytics” and “pop health” were the new “meaningful use”, with exhibit hall signage dominated by the terms. This year we expect the same, if not more.
By Sarianne Gruber – With third party fee schedules diminishing, health providers face the pressure of an economy that is making it very difficult to collect fees and very important to identify charges for every legitimate service.