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Data and Research in Healthcare Analytics with Zachary Markham | E. 103

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Zach explains why the lack of timely, accurate data can delay recovery of credits, and why most hospitals only have 50% visibility into their spend and accounts payable processes. So, if it’s a larger healthcare system, we’ll search for each entity within that healthcare system.

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In-Depth: 2024 Best in KLAS Overall and Category Awards

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – KLAS Research , a leading healthcare IT research and consulting firm, has announced the winners of its 2024 Best in KLAS Awards , recognizing the top vendors and service providers in the healthcare technology and services industry.

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How advanced analytics can help solve SDOH problems

Healthcare It News

The pandemic has shone a spotlight on longstanding issues with healthcare inequities due to underlying social determinants of health issues, such as living in a food desert, a lack of reliable transportation and unequal access to care. She is a believer in analytics helping to solve SDOH problems. That's quite significant.

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Interview with Wolters Kluwer Health GM Frank Jackson

Health Business Group

As the 6th of 7 children and a competitive athlete, Frank Jackson was well prepared for the rough and tumble of healthcare. After studying computer science and accounting, he pursued a variety of healthcare analytics roles before jumping into operations at HealthMarkets, where he helped the company pivot as the Affordable Care Act became law.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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How cost-effective are workplace wellness programs? The debate over lifestyle management vs. disease management in wellness programs

Health Dialog

The Wellness Programs Study from the Rand Corporation , which included almost 600,000 employees at seven different employer organizations, shows that the two programs combined reduced an employer’s average healthcare cost by approximately $30 per member per month (PMPM), but that “disease management accounted for 87% of those savings.”.

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Population Health Analytics: Applying the Insights of the Care Pathways Framework

Health Dialog

Coaching and education services for every individual take into account the stage they’re in, the sequence and prioritization of clinical goals for that stage, as well as the individual’s personal preferences and unique health and lifestyle factors. Healthcare Analytics.