Not understanding data often is the difference between success and failure.
- Between positive and negative health outcomes.
- Between improving and worsening patient satisfaction.
- Between increasing or decreasing revenue.
Many areas in healthcare rely not only on the collection of data but, importantly, the ability to decipher and act upon it. In that intersection, reporting was born. After the advent of reporting, healthcare organizations looked to business intelligence to understand and act more quickly on the information created by data.
A new three-part article by MedeAnalytics President Scott Hampel focuses on reporting trends in healthcare. Learn why healthcare organizations must transition from manual reporting to AI-fueled predictive analytics.
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Measuring provider cost and utilization
No matter the time of year, payers and providers should work to agree on a shared source of truth when it comes to data. With the recent end of the year, it’s time to celebrate the new year (who isn’t ready to say goodbye to 2020?) and close the books, which includes the reconciliation of any shared savings or losses.
Data visualization: A picture is worth a thousand…healthcare data points?
The amount of data produced daily has grown exponentially with nearly 90% of the world’s data generated in the last two years alone. To ensure we can make sense of this data, analysts must find meaningful ways to present the information to their audiences.
How did we get here? Hospital analytics and the new normal
I have heard the word “unprecedented” so many times in 2020 that it has lost its significance; many of us have become desensitized to the extraordinary changes in the world this year.
Healthcare’s return to “normal” after COVID-19: Is it possible?
As providers determine how to get patients to return to facilities for routine disease management and preventive screenings, opportunities are ripe for the application of analytics to triage at the right time to the right setting. Data related to COVID-19 will continue to flow rapidly, but there are possibly more questions than answers now about a return to “normal.”

