Healthcare IT News December 23, 2021
High-value data and analytics can eliminate the guesswork in healthcare decision-making. Healthcare organizations with strong governance and good data analytics capabilities are better positioned to adapt to value-based care models.
The healthcare industry was starting to recognize the importance of high value data as they moved from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based care models – but the COVID-19 pandemic made it even more apparent that hospitals need the ability to access and integrate data from multiple sources in order to make meaningful clinical and business decisions. TJ Elbert, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Data at Health Catalyst, said provider organizations, especially, were desperate to access trusted data as they treated patients in a virtual setting.
“There’s a real urgency...