Health IT Analytics January 2, 2018
Providers, payers, and other stakeholders must choose the right big data sources to support their population health management initiatives.
Effective population health management is beginning to require healthcare providers to rely heavily on big data derived from both their own health IT systems and from their business partners.
Identifying patients at high risk of developing chronic diseases or falling away from maintenance protocols is a significant challenge for many organizations, but is quickly becoming an essential part of succeeding in the value-based care environment.
In order to develop a comprehensive portrait of a patient’s clinical, financial, and social risks, healthcare providers must aggregate key data from across the care continuum before they can leverage risk scoring frameworks and target interventions...