Analytics Technologies

3 Ways Healthcare is Using Predictive Analytics to Combat COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, predictive analytics tools have played an integral part in healthcare organizations’ response to and defense against the virus. For more coronavirus updates,...

Predictive Analytics Model Can Determine COVID-19 Outcomes

by Jessica Kent

Using a predictive analytics model, providers can better project COVID-19 outcomes for improved decision-making and resource allocation, according to a study published in Annals of Internal...

Machine Learning Could Speed Healing Process for Tissue Injuries

by Jessica Kent

Using machine learning techniques, researchers from Rice University were able to predict the quality of bioscaffold materials used to help tissue injuries heal, according to a study published in Tissue...

Big Data Analytics Show COVID-19 Spread, Outcomes by Region

by Jessica Kent

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting US communities in different ways, research and provider institutions have increasingly turned to big data analytics tools to track and monitor the virus’s...

Applying Artificial Intelligence to Chronic Disease Management

by Jessica Kent

When it comes to healthcare, it seems Americans spend more to receive less. An aging population, expensive pharmaceuticals, and administrative waste result in sky-high medical costs, while health outcomes remain poorer than those in other...

Machine Learning Index Identifies Patients at High Risk of COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) and Parkland Health and Hospital System have developed a risk index that generates a COVID-19 risk score for each patient using machine learning and big...

NIH Provides Funding for COVID-19-Related Big Data Projects

by Jessica Kent

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering contracts to seven companies and academic organizations to develop COVID-19-related digital technologies using big data. For more coronavirus...

How Big Data Analytics Can Mitigate COVID-19 Health Disparities

by Jessica Kent

While the rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed many unflattering healthcare truths, the glaring health disparities highlighted by the pandemic are perhaps the most detrimental to patient health. For...

Consortium Leverages EHRs, Data Analytics for COVID-19 Research

by Jessica Kent

A consortium of research scientists has created a common data analytics model and shared framework that will aim to accelerate COVID-19 research by combining information from disparate EHRs...

Predictive Analytics Model Identifies Illicit Online Pharmacies

by Jessica Kent

A predictive analytics model could spot illicit online pharmacies, enhancing drug safety and patient health, a study published in JMIR revealed. Online pharmacies have grown in popularity in recent...

How Big Data Analytics Models Can Impact Healthcare Decision-Making

by Jessica Kent

In healthcare, providers and lawmakers are faced with the task of making the best possible decisions for patients and the industry as a whole. From choosing the best treatments, to determining the most...

Machine Learning Tool Predicts Staffing Needs During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Cedars-Sinai have developed a machine learning tool that can forecast data points related to the COVID-19 pandemic and predict staffing needs. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Harnessing Big Data to Enhance Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

As the industry continues its quest to provide holistic, comprehensive, and cost-effective care to patients, the term population health management has emerged as a crucial task for organizations to...

Deep Learning Algorithm Could Enhance Genomic Sequencing

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning tool could improve genomic sequencing processes, identifying disease-causing mechanisms that might otherwise be missed by traditional screening methods, according to a study published...

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...

HHS, VA, DOE Launch COVID-19 Big Data Analytics Collaborative

by Jessica Kent

The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs have announced a new big data analytics initiative to coordinate and share...

Genome Analytics Could Boost Precision Medicine for Kidney Cancer

by Jessica Kent

Scientists at City of Hope and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are accelerating precision medicine and personalized treatments for kidney cancer using an advanced genome analytics...

Forecasting COVID-19 with Predictive Analytics, Big Data Tools

by Jessica Kent

In the midst of a situation as uncertain as the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has sought to use big data and predictive analytics tools to better understand the virus and its spread. For...

Genome Analytics Tool Could Advance Cancer Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

A team from St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital have created a genome analytics tool to detect alterations that drive tumor formations, which could help advance cancer precision...

Data-Driven Partnership to Eliminate Cancer with Computational Models

by Jessica Kent

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and two institutions at the University of Texas at Austin – the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and the Texas Advanced...