The history of our world’s health system has not seen a centralized drive for a single solution on the scale of our current COVID-19 vaccine...
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The Balance Between Data Insights and Governance on the Path to Returning to Work
The return to the office is fraught with many challenges for employers. Unlike the NBA or NHL, the vast majority of offices cannot isolate within a...
Data Analytics and the Fight Against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves through the medical community by putting extreme stress on the information technology capabilities of...
Healthcare Technologies Set to Break Out as a Result of Pandemic
A pandemic lights the fire for change at a health system in a way that no other entity could ever accomplish. For years, experts have been calling...
Healthcare IT 2.0: The Future of Interoperable Applications
Around 2004, the term “Web 2.0” began to take off as a way of describing a foundational shift in the way that users interacted with the Internet....
Why Companies Should Consider Health IT Outsourcing
In the world of value-based reimbursement, health system CFOs are finding it harder and harder to deny the cost-saving and quality improvement...
The Future of Telehealth and Data Analytics
Technology has decreased the distance between people. Outsourced manufacturing has brought together the global economy, Facebook and WhatsApp make...
The Human Side of Data Integration
The process of implementing a data analytics solution into an organization can be time-consuming and costly. Once an analytics platform is in place,...
How Blockchain Can Benefit B2B Distribution
B2B payment structures have been thrown into flux by recent developments in transaction technology. Most notably, blockchain algorithms offer a safe...
The Two Sides of the Artificial Intelligence Coin
Over my last several blog posts on artificial intelligence, I’ve taken a look at the massive upside for distributors that the technology promises....
The Future of AI in B2B Distribution
The B2B distribution industry was not prepared for the entrance of “Amazon Business” in 2015. The industry has been disrupted by Silicon Valley...
Artificial Intelligence and the Race Against Amazon.com
In 2018, Amazon’s dominance in the e-commerce market hit a new milestone. The online retail giant captured 50% of US retail e-commerce with $252...
Artificial Intelligence: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
In a previous blog post, we took a look at the various forms of artificial intelligence that are in use today. These include descriptive,...
The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Analytics
Artificial intelligence is a term that is as vague as it is powerful. The decision-making processes of today’s business leaders have moved heavily...
Medical Schools in the Digital Age: The teachingEHR
A doctor’s daily workload has changed completely in the last 20 years. The digitization of patient data has shifted the majority of a doctor’s time...
How to Solve the Data Crisis Caused by a Hospital Merger
The headquarters of Dimensional Insight is so close to Lahey Medical Center that it’s more appropriate to walk there than to drive there. Our...
Overcoming Data Zombies with Analytics
In the current value-based reimbursement environment, hospitals have been overrun. They have been overwhelmed not by zombies from The Walking Dead...
The Power of Analytics in Diagnosing Physician Burnout
The amount of data in the healthcare industry is rapidly expanding. “Big Data” is a buzzword that now seems like an understatement. “Colossal Data”...
How Hospitals Can Better Manage Revenue Cycle in a Value-Based World
From 1990 to 2007, the U.S. government increased healthcare spending by about $1 trillion. The problem with this statistic is that once figures...