Analytics Strategies

Researchers Develop Health Equity Data Dashboard for Medicare Plans

by Shania Kennedy

Research recently published in The American Journal of Managed Care describes the design and evaluation of a dashboard that presents health equity performance data to Medicare Advantage (MA)...

Duke Health, nference Partner to Advance Medical Research, Patient Care

by Shania Kennedy

Duke Health and software company nference announced a collaboration aimed at accelerating research and improving patient care by leveraging the company’s advanced analytics platform. According...

Risk Estimation Intervention Reveals Hurdles for Suicide Prevention

by Shania Kennedy

A mixed-methods quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open found that using suicide risk estimation analytics did not augment existing prevention practices as intended during routine...

Mass General, Mayo Clinic, & More Share AI, Analytics Plans for Next Year

by Shania Kennedy

As 2022 draws to a close, health systems are gearing up for new opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. For many, top priorities from last year, such as patient access to care and efficiency improvements, will carry over into 2023....

Leveraging Location Analytics to Address the Opioid Epidemic

by Shania Kennedy

Addressing the opioid crisis has become a top public and population health priority in recent years, and big data analytics solutions to address the issue have been proposed and implemented by healthcare organizations across the country....

Tampa General Strikes Partnership to Build Data Analytics Platform

by Shania Kennedy

Tampa General Hospital launched a partnership with software company Palantir Technologies Inc. this week focused on leveraging data and analytics to improve patient care and drive operational,...

IL Health System Unveils Partnership to Improve Data Analytics Capabilities

by Shania Kennedy

Illinois-based integrated health system Carle Health has partnered with healthcare data and analytics technology company Health Catalyst to advance its analytics capabilities and improve patient...

Mayo Clinic Study Shows AI Can Help Detect Atrial Fibrillation

by Mark Melchionna

Aiming to lower the prevalence of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation and stroke, researchers from Mayo Clinic tested an artificial intelligence (AI)-based screening strategy designed to determine new...

KY Health System Strikes Analytics Collab to Enhance Specialty Pharmacy Services

by Shania Kennedy

University of Louisville Health (UofL Health) has entered into a collaboration with population health analytics company Loopback Analytics that aims to use advanced data insights to enhance the health...

Hawaii Health System Launches Population Health Analytics Collaboration

by Shania Kennedy

Hawaii Health Network (HHN) and COPE Health Solutions (CHS) have announced a population health analytics partnership focused on providing value-based payment insights to enhance performance under a new...

Ohio Children’s Hospital Strikes Data-Driven Population Health Partnership

by Shania Kennedy

Ohio-based Akron Children’s Hospital has launched a strategic, multi-year partnership with data and analytics technology company Health Catalyst to advance population health and improve patient...

Drug Diversion Monitoring Solutions Largely Beneficial for Providers

by Shania Kennedy

A new report from KLAS Research found that healthcare organizations reported better transaction pattern identification, drug diversion detection, and overall efficiency when utilizing drug detection...

Mayo Clinic Platform Strikes Partnership to Analyze Medical Device Use

by Shania Kennedy

Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic’s portfolio of digital healthcare initiatives, has partnered with medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) to utilize de-identified patient...

How Data Analytics Can Help Breast Milk Banks Be More Efficient

by Shania Kennedy

In the wake of the recent baby formula shortage, parents and providers are becoming increasingly interested in other methods for providing adequate nutrition to infants who may need it. Breast milk donation banks have long played a role in...

New Data Science Training Program to Focus on Health Equity

by Shania Kennedy

The National Library of Medicine has awarded the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Clemson University $1.2 million to establish a new data science training program that will teach...

Miami Cancer Institute to Address Care Gaps Through Analytics Partnership

by Mark Melchionna

Miami Cancer Institute has partnered with COTA to eliminate disparities by using data and analytics to examine how patient demographics such as ethnicity and area of residence affect the quality of...

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...

How Big Data Analytics Can Support Preventive Health

by Shania Kennedy

The healthcare sector is an increasingly complex system that incorporates various stakeholders outside of clinicians and patients. This complexity generates significant amounts of data across the continuum of care. To promote health...

Universal Approach Needed to Improve Length of Stay Prediction Models

by Shania Kennedy

A systematic review published in PLOS Digital Health proposed the creation of a unified hospital length of stay (LoS) prediction framework following the analysis of recent developments in LoS...