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5, 50 and The Role of Precision Targeting in Care Management
by Michael Hollenbeck, Proskriptive CEO
Let’s say for a moment that you’re watching your favorite football team play their arch nemesis. The stakes are huge, and team pride is on the line. The ball is snapped, the wide receiver goes long, the quarterback drops back, the blockers hold off the defense…
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Good Data Makes It Easier for Healthcare Providers to “Do the Right Thing”
by Ryan Heyborne, MD, MBA, Proskriptive Chief Medical Officer
It isn’t often easy for clinicians and patients to do the right thing in the current healthcare environment. Lack of easy access to meaningful data is a major reason why. Healthcare has too long been a black box of obscured outcomes data, cost opacity,
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Is Your Analytics Floor Rotten?
written by Ben Scott, VP of Client Services
We’re remodeling one of our bathrooms right now (and yes, it’s taking three times as long as anyone planned). But, something happened right at the beginning of it that made me glad we’d started, regardless of the delays. On the first day, during demo the remodelers found a
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5 Excuses that Needlessly Kill Data Science in Healthcare
by Ryan Heyborne, MD, MBA, Proskriptive Chief Medical Officer
Data science is revolutionizing how we live. Online shopping, financial systems, travel, education, and myriad other institutions are being transformed. Never have we had more opportunities for insight into the world around us or what it may become.
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What Puppies Teach us About Predictive Models
by Ben Scott, VP Client Services
I just asked the magic eight ball on my desk if you’re thinking about investing in a predictive model, and it said “Without a doubt”. How does it know? Well yes, magic of course, but probably not a lot of it is needed in this case because just
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Patients Speak to You Through Data
One of the first things I learned as a physician-in-training was the value of a complete patient “history.” This usually refers to the story the patient tells the provider about his or her condition, and is obtained primarily through clinical interviewing.
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Data Drives the Treatment of Patients and Health Systems
You can’t treat a patient without data. From the minute a patient enters a clinic, hospital, or doctor’s office, data is being collected. Demographics, symptoms, medical history, family history, and many other data points are requested and recorded to begin the process of diagnosis and treatment.
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Empowering Healthcare with Data Science – Webinar Blog Post
The processes for delivering healthcare are complex. There are many interconnected aspects—staffing challenges, clinical protocols, patient volume, the pressure to do more with less, and recent changes in legislation—that make applying analytics to healthcare especially impactful and, traditionally difficult.
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What Can Predictive Analytics Do for a Network Like Yours?
“[Predictive Models] make it possible to make more right decisions, more quickly, and with less expense.”[*]
Predictive analytics is certainly a hot phrase these days. From telecommunications to customer experience, industries across the board are using predictive analytics to drive improved results—and healthcare is no exception.
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Connecting Healthcare with Analytics to Thrive in Value-Based Care: Meeting the Needs of Everyone at the Table
Teams in healthcare take many forms. The diversity of team member specialties, group dynamics, and the focus within each team can make cohesiveness across teams elusive. However, with the evolution of healthcare the high-functioning team has become more desired and promoted. Team-based care has gained significant momentum in recent years,
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