Value-based Care

Improving Care Quality with New Data Aggregator Validation Program

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) has launched a new Data Aggregator Validation program that will assist in ensuring the validity of clinical data used for quality reporting. The new...

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,...

Over 50% of Leaders Underwhelmed by Population Health Management Tech

by Jessica Kent

Fifty-six percent of healthcare leaders say their current population health management solution doesn’t meet their needs, according to a survey from Persivia and commissioned by Sage Growth...

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...

One-Third of Young Providers Overwhelmed by Patient Data, Analytics

by Jessica Kent

Thirty-five percent of younger healthcare professionals are overwhelmed by digital patient data or are unsure about how to use patient data and analytics to inform care, according to a global survey...

Providing Holistic Preventive Health with Advanced Primary Care

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Primary care has the potential to transform the healthcare industry by improving patient outcomes and reducing overall spend on healthcare services. Study after study shows that value-based care, population health management, chronic...

How the Healthcare “Value Chain” Leads to Big Data Analytics Success

by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare organizations may come in many different sizes, shapes, and specialties, but all providers working in the industry today have one major trait in common: their big data is getting bigger by...

Leveraging Business Intelligence for Healthcare Management

by Jennifer Bresnick

Considering that the phrase “value-based care” is almost always immediately followed by a discussion about how to trim inefficiencies and improve patient outcomes, few industries are more in need of comprehensive insight into...

Using Risk Scores, Stratification for Population Health Management

by Jennifer Bresnick

Population health management requires providers to maintain a delicate balance between taking a long view of generalized patient trends and focusing personal attention on the individual and the distinctive circumstances that will influence...

How to Get Started with a Population Health Management Program

by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare providers are well aware by now that there is no magic solution to the incredibly complex conundrum of systemic reform.  Depending on who you ask, the answer to the puzzle of the Triple Aim is either more technology, less...