Implementation best practices: Getting healthcare analytics right

Four analytic experts offer important suggestions to CIOs on how to successfully implement data and analytics in their provider organizations.  Some of the key tips they shared included that it’s imperative that the stockholders and key members collaborate to come up with clear visions and outcomes in order to reach their overall goals.  Lastly, they suggested a change of management which would require an analysis of existing conditions so one can adjust accordingly to allow the best outcome to emerge.  These tips are valuable to any provider since data and analytics have become increasingly critical to the success of any healthcare organization.

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How “Smart Hospitals” Handle Mission-Critical IT: The Don’t Compete For Campus Resources

The adoption of automated healthcare systems has dramatically increased over the last decade.  The transition from the  “digital hospital” phase to the “smart hospital” phase, has brought a increase in the deployment of automated systems in hospitals.  Since automation care management requires innovative patient care services and tools — such as electronic health records (EHR), automated care management, point-of-care technology linked to EHR, automated case documentation, and physician order entry linked to EHR — demand mission-critical primary and emergency power resources on a hospital campus.  Which has resulted in trouble shooting problems associated with power outages.  As a result, a greater demand on creating off-site data infrastructure facilitates and backup disaster recovery has become increasingly a priority.

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As Artificial Intelligence Matures, Healthcare Eyes Data Aggregation

Artificial Intelligence has become a popular topic of conversation in the world of healthcare data analytics.  Artificial Intelligence has rapidly started to support incredible advances in imaging analytics, clinical decision support, operational efficiencies, and patient engagement. Although there is so much advancement, the industry will have to resolve it’s data aggregation challenges first to gain the trust of the broadly on board health care stakeholders.

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