Analytics Infrastructure

Google, Northwell Health Partner to Boost Patient Care, Clinician Experience

by Shania Kennedy

Google Cloud and New York-based Northwell Health announced a collaboration to accelerate the health system’s digital transformation using cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI), with...

How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture

by Shania Kennedy

Data analytics and interoperability are necessary for health systems to provide high-quality care services to patients, but transitioning from pen, paper, and fax machines to computers and the cloud for data collection and sharing is only...

Mayo, CDC Leaders: Policy, Coalitions Key Barriers to Data Modernization

by Shania Kennedy

To prepare for the next pandemic, healthcare leaders believe that data modernization is key, but several challenges stand in the way, including conflicting policies, lack of interoperability, and the...

CDC Unveils Forecasting, Outbreak Analytics Center

by Shania Kennedy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), which aims to improve outbreak and public health threat response by using...

Definitive Healthcare Exceeds Initial Public Offering Projections

by Erin McNemar, MPA

On Wednesday, Definitive Healthcare opened 38.0 percent above the initial public offering’s price. Definitive provides a healthcare commercial intelligence and analytics platform, and its IPO is...

Neurological Disease Study Leads to Precision Medicine Progress

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A new study from the University of Arizona Health Sciences could lead to a breakthrough in the development of precision medicine to prevent neurodegenerative diseases. By studying women on hormone...

How a Unified Big Data Infrastructure Can Boost Population Health

by Jessica Kent

For organizations seeking to improve their population health management capabilities, big data is a critical part of the journey. Gathering information from different sources – such as claims,...

How Machine Learning Enables Clinical Forecasting, Visualization

by Jessica Kent

At first glance, mining clinical data to extract meaningful insights seems like a task well-suited for machine learning algorithms. The principal aim of advanced analytics tools is to evaluate multiple...

Education, Infrastructure Key to Precision Medicine Adoption

by Jessica Kent

To increase precision medicine adoption, healthcare leaders must build education among patients and providers, implement advanced infrastructure, and boost patient engagement, according to a report...

Big Data Analytics Platform Helps Chicago Track COVID-19 Cases

by Jessica Kent

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Rush University Medical Center (RMUC) recently launched a big data analytics tool that offers information about COVID-19 testing, cases, and...

Amazon Launches Service for Big Data Analytics in Healthcare

by Jessica Kent

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Amazon HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible service that aims to support interoperability standards and further drive the use of big data analytics in...

UCSF, Microsoft Develop Privacy-Protecting Data Analytics Tool

by Jessica Kent

UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI), Microsoft Azure, Fortanix, and Intel have partnered to design a privacy-preserving data analytics platform that will aim to advance...

Leveraging Synthetic Data for COVID-19 Research, Collaboration

by Jessica Kent

While the spread of COVID-19 has presented healthcare with many challenges, the sheer amount of data generated by the pandemic has been one of the biggest tests the industry has faced so far. For more...

New Guide Helps Policymakers Use COVID-19 Data to Make Decisions

by Jessica Kent

Decision-makers should take several criteria into account when assessing the usefulness of COVID-19 data points, according to a new guide by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and...

Leveraging Internal Data, Analytics for Quality Improvement

by Emily Sokol, MPH

At Southern Illinois Healthcare and Care New England, internal data and analytics has empowered the organizations and pushed the quality improvement programs forward. These programs are contingent on...

Real-time Data Improves Care Coordination, Value-Based Care

by Emily Sokol, MPH

At Allegheny Health Network, providers use real-time data and analytics to follow patients throughout the healthcare system, a big step towards successful care coordination and value-based...

HHS Provides $186M for COVID-19 Data Surveillance, Tracking

by Jessica Kent

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing $186,000,000 in funding to state and local jurisdictions to support expanded COVID-19 data surveillance and tracking. For more...

ONC Aims to Advance Machine Learning in Kidney Disease Research

by Jessica Kent

ONC is collaborating with NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to patient-centered outcomes...

Cancer Center Joins CancerLinQ Big Data Analytics Platform

by Jessica Kent

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center of Buffalo, New York has signed an agreement to use the CancerLinQ platform, an oncology data repository that provides cancer organizations with actionable big...