HIT Infrastructure April 16, 2019
Reporting is and will remain the “killer app” for healthcare analytics, according to a new report by Chilmark.
Cost, quality, and utilization reports and dashboards are widely used in the healthcare industry, the report noted.
Currently, the use of analytics to support value-based care is the primary driver of analytics adoption, according to Chilmark.
This finding jives with a recent survey of 300 physicians by Geneia. More than two-thirds or respondents said that advanced data analytics tools are important for treating patients and being compensated for care under value-based care arrangements.
Around 44 percent of responding physicians said analytics tools improve quality performance, Medicare Star ratings, and HEDIS reporting. For population health users, this percentage increases to 55 percent.
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