Healthcare Innovation July 26, 2019
Healthcare Innovation: What do you think are today’s biggest healthcare data challenges?
Shweta Vyas: I see four major challenges:
Volume – Health systems generate a ton of data, but they don’t always know what data is meaningful for analytics and achieving value-based care. IT teams oversee data management, but no one within the organization is typically charged with determining who will use the data and how it will be governed or operationalized within the organization.
Accuracy – The adage, ‘You don’t know what you don’t know’ applies. Hospitals and health systems often have no idea that their patient and provider data is plagued by gaps and inaccuracies. This causes challenges with care coordination, revenue cycle management and more. The good...