NC Health System Uses Big Data To Improve Care
While everybody talks about the potential for so-called “big data” in healthcare, there seems to be more smoke than fire at this point. To date, health payers have been a lot more engaged with using...
View ArticleCan Big Data Do What Vendors Claim?
There’s no doubt about it — the air is ringing with the sounds of vendors promising big things from big data, from population health to clinical support to management of bundled payments. But can they...
View Article2013 Hospital EHR and Health IT Trends
There are a number of amazing milestones and trends happening with EHR and Healthcare IT. I think as we look back on 2013, we’ll remember it for a number of important changes that impact us for many...
View ArticleHow Do You Improve the Quality of EHR Data for Healthcare Analytics?
A month or so ago I wrote a post comparing healthcare big data with skinny data. I was introduced to the concept of skinny data by Encore Health Resources at HIMSS. I absolutely love the idea of skinny...
View ArticleIs Skinny Data Harder Than Big Data?
On my post about Improving the Quality of EHR data for Healthcare Analytics, Glenn made a really great comment that I think is worth highlighting. Power to change outcomes starts with liberating the...
View ArticleDo Hospitals Need an EDW to Participate in an ACO?
The following is a guest blog post by Dana Sellers, Chief Executive Officer of Encore Health Resources. Dana’s comments are in response to my post titled, “Skinny Data Solves Specific Problems While...
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