HealthLeaders Media December 2, 2014
Analytics represents knowledge; population health represents action. Too many healthcare organizations make the mistake of simply expecting their health information exchange to provide sufficient analytics to drive a population health initiative, says a senior executive at Optum.
Payers, armed with analytics technology and data, are showing signs of breaking through some of the barriers to true population health progress.
While researching my November cover story on big data, I interviewed A.G. Breitenstein, chief product officer of Optum Analytics and a co-founder of Humedica, an Optum company. Optum is a division of UnitedHealth Group, which is also the parent company for mammoth payer UnitedHealthcare.
Breitenstein says some healthcare institutions are making the mistake of lumping together their analytics and population health...
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