Health IT Analytics February 6, 2017
Machine learning tools can help providers target behavioral health interventions to patients who need help managing mental and physical chronic conditions.
Behavioral healthcare has been getting a great deal of attention lately from health IT experts, and not just because of a growing recognition that good mental health is key to improving overall patients outcomes.
Behavioral health is one of the most complex, highly individualized, and notoriously underfunded components of the care continuum, which makes it a perfect test bed for deploying advanced machine learning tools that aim to tighten up care processes, improve access to resources, and uncover new insights into hidden patterns of treatment and disease.
At Beacon Health Options, a behavioral health management service provider partnering with...