Analytics

It's the early days of data sharing and community partnerships when it comes to SDOH, but there are things providers can do now.

Blockchain can help eliminate "redundant work, rework and reconciliation," says Tej Anand, professor of practice at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business.

The challenge is in the cultural maturity for people to realize what the data can do for them, says Chad Konchak, assistant vice president of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem.

A new study from the company explores the ways its algorithms can be put to work improving risk scoring and stratification and enhance value-based care initiatives.

The tool can help health systems optimize submissions and better predict potential issues with claims, the company says, giving recommendations to help mitigate denials before they're submitted.

Three ways Microsoft is reimagining healthcare are enabling personalized care, empowering care collaboration and coordination with clinicians, and improving outcomes, says Elena Bonfiglioli, regional business leader of Health and Life Sciences at EMEA at Microsoft.

Foster care and adoption services provider KVC Health Systems faces a number of challenges as it tries to meet its predictive modeling goals, says CIO Lonnie Johnson.

Nigel Hughes, scientific director at Janssen Clinical Innovation, says in healthcare it's time to bring the flow of health information into 21st century.

Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder says applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to clinical care guidance is the next frontier of analytics.

Tom Foley, MD, senior clinical lead at NHS Digital, says the challenge for all countries is to make the data assets actionable, but trust needs to be the foundation of any data sharing strategy.