Analytics Infrastructure

Using Business Intelligence, KPIs for Revenue Cycle Management

by Joncé Smith

The healthcare industry’s transition to value-based care does not end with clinical patient care. The shift also extends into healthcare providers’ revenue cycle management processes. For...

How Healthcare Can Prep for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

by Jennifer Bresnick

The term “artificial intelligence” often conjures up visions of apocalyptic landscapes decimated by hyper-intelligent machines with a penchant for destroying societies foolish enough to place their trust in autonomous robots...

How to Choose the Right Healthcare Big Data Analytics Tools

by Jennifer Bresnick

In just a few short years, the idea of “big data analytics” has transitioned from a mysterious new buzzword to an essential competency for healthcare organizations large and small.  Analytics has moved from a lofty...

Don’t Publish Stage 3 Meaningful Use Rule, Urge AMA and Others

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association and forty other professional societies are strongly urging HHS and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) not to publish the finalized rule for Stage 3 Meaningful...

Healthcare Big Data Analytics: From Description to Prescription

by Jennifer Bresnick

In the healthcare industry, “big data analytics” is a term that can encompass nearly everything that is done to a piece of information once it begins its digital life.  From flagging...

How Health Information Exchange Models Impact Data Analytics

by Jennifer Bresnick

Health information exchange is both a verb and a noun, and it’s hard to have one without the other.  While HIE can be as simple as sending a secure Direct message to a specialist or connecting...