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What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine and Data Collection
In recent blog posts, we explored the development of the new COVID-19 vaccines. Now, we have both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines which have already...
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...
Empathy in Healthcare: Why It’s Needed Now More Than Ever
In a world of ever-changing, advanced technology, face-to-face conversation as well as empathy and compassion may be fading away among individuals....
Customer Spotlight: How Hospital de la Concepción Is Using Analytics to Quickly Respond to COVID-19
COVID-19 has presented hospitals with challenges unlike anything ever seen before. Not only do hospital staff need to understand how many and which...
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting Children’s Hospital Operations
We’ve all heard that COVID-19 generally does not affect children as much as it affects adults. Which means children’s hospitals aren’t as affected...
Leveraging Social Determinants of Health Is Easier than You Think
There’s been a lot of discussion over the last several months in the healthcare world about social determinants of health – or SDOH. These are...
Five Ways Data Analytics Support Success with Value-Based Care
With the nation’s healthcare spending projected to top $6 trillion by 2027, regulators and payers are turning to value-based care strategies to curb...
Physician Burnout: Using Data to Find Possible Causes and Solutions
When we think of the most prestigious careers in America, ‘doctor’ is usually one that ranks near the top of the list. It is surprising, then, that...
How Analytics Can Help During Flu Outbreaks
Every year, thousands of children are hospitalized because of the flu; several dozen to more than 100 children die each year from...
How to Improve the Performance of Your Emergency Department
The health of a hospital’s emergency department is critically important, as it is the first line of care for many acute patients. How do you treat...
New Survey: Healthcare Orgs. that Focus on Clinical Outcomes as Key ROI Metric Have Higher Success with Analytics
How are healthcare organizations measuring the success of their analytics programs? And what are the metrics they are focusing on in order to gauge...
3 Ways Analytics Can Help with Adolescent Mental Health
Analytics can help hospitals in many important ways—even in life-saving capacities. There are few use cases as compelling as when analytics can be...
Congratulations to our Most Wired Customers
Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) magazine recently announced its 19th annual Most Wired survey honorees, and I’m happy to report that...
4 Ways BI Can Help Prevent Harm in Healthcare
As healthcare moves away from the traditional fee-for-service compensation and towards value-based care, preventing harm escalates in importance....
3 Ways Business Intelligence Can Help Control Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the U.S.: doctors diagnose around 1.4 million Americans with diabetes each year. What is perhaps...
Analytics in the Real World of Healthcare: Improving Surgical Outcomes
We hear a lot about the promise of healthcare analytics, but what is actually being done on the front lines that is making a difference right now?...