F(Good Data) = Good Care
By Abhinav Shashank – In the words of W. Edwards Deming, “Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.” This is one of the most agreeable statements in the healthcare industry.
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What is the Right Approach to Sharing Clinical Research Data?
By William Hersh MD – While many people and organizations have long called for data from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and other clinical research to be shared with other researchers for re-analysis and other re-use, the impetus for it accelerated about a year ago with two publications.
Of Borges and Big Data, Or: Is Big Data Too Big?
By David Harlow – Big data is useless only if we cannot understand it, if we cannot extract knowledge, and even wisdom, from the data. Big data is not useless to us if we can analyze it as it is generated, if not faster.
Kudos for the Informatics Professor – Fall 2016 Edition
By William Hersh MD – The year 2016 has been a busy but fun year of personal achievements. Many of the notable accomplishments involved giving talks, both in person and online, and around the country and the world.
Patient Experience 101: The Future of Healthcare
By Abhinav Shashank – Whatever we do in the healthcare space, it is eventually meant for the greater good of patients, which is why today the aim of modern healthcare is shifting towards value-based reimbursement.
Five Ways Healthcare Data Analytics Can Help You
By Abhinav Shashank – A few days ago, the HHS Office of Inspector General released a report highlighting the 10 biggest management and performance challenges the healthcare industry is facing, and again, EHRs and health IT have made it to the list.
What Does the Recent Election Mean for Predictive Analytics in Healthcare?
By Robert Rowley MD – The outcome of the recent election caught many people, and many forecasters, by surprise. How could their predictions have missed the mark so significantly?
Mainstreaming Analytics in Healthcare: What’s Behind the Slow Adoption?
By Sarianne Gruber – Predictive Analytics World moderator, Jeff Deal recited Ms. Bresnick’s statement to the panelists and asked “Is that statement fair? Is analytics still on the backburner in healthcare?
What Should Be The Spectrum of Career Opportunities for Clinical Informatics Subspecialists?
By William Hersh MD – A common reason given for the establishment of clinical informatics as a physician subspecialty is the recognition of the growing role of physicians who work in informatics professionally, particularly in operational clinical settings.