Articles
Physician Leaders, Care Delivery, Strategic Planning
Genomic Medicine is (finally) revolutionizing health care
By Karyn Hede
After years of fanfare and a few false starts, the era of genomic medicine has finally arrived.
Across the country, thousands of patients are being treated, or having their treatment changed, based on information gleaned from their genome. It’s a revolution that has been promised since the human genome was first published in 2001. But making it real required advances in information technology infrastructure and a precipitous drop in price.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Leveraging Technology, Issues & Trends
Predictive analytics is transforming health care
By Karyn Hede
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
- Health systems now require enterprise data warehouses to create a foundation for future analytics.
- The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement is driving the need for sophisticated analytics systems that can quantitate and track quality measures.
- Analytics is shifting from explaining what happened in the past to predicting what will happen in the future, allowing pr