Four types of data analytics that providers are using to improve population health

The push by the government to reduce healthcare costs and the increased liability providers have is forcing them to more easily identify and help chronic care patients to better manage their conditions.

At the same time healthcare IT vendors are expanding their big data armories to help providers, particularly accountable care organizations mine claims and clinical data to get a better sense of patient outcomes, performance and how and where they can reduce costs.

As more providers convert from paper to electronic records they are working with health IT vendors that can help them produce more accurate assessment of their patient populations to mine patient data to help predict outcomes.

by Stephanie Baum

Full Story: http://medcitynews.com/2013/03/four-types-of-healthcare-analytics-that-providers-are-using-to-improve-population-health/

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