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Infographic: A Visual History of Healthcare Informatics

2017-04-02T13:28:33-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Health Care Reform|

The history of healthcare informatics goes back decades- did you know it all began in the 1940s? In fact, it began in Germany with a doctor named Gustav Wagner who formed the German Society for Medical Documentation, Computer Science and Statistics - the world’s very first professional organization of this nature. It’s his work that laid the groundwork for major informatic milestones throughout the next few decades up until the present day. Check out the infographic below from Adelphi University for the complete story.

Big Data Could Bring Your Credit Card History To Your Doctor

2017-04-02T13:28:33-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Health Insurance|

Imagine if your doctor could see your credit card transactions. They’d know when you were going out to eat, skipping out on your gym membership, going out for a night on the town - you name it, they’d know it.

Managed Care Organizations and Data Based Management

2017-04-02T13:28:34-04:00By BHM Marketing|Accountable Care Organizations, Big Data, Clinical Operations Improvement|

Managing With Data in Managed Care Organizations

In the increasingly complex world of healthcare, data based management is becoming […]

The Quest for Healthcare Quality Part III: Providers & HCAHPS

2017-04-02T13:28:36-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Organizational Analysis, Quality Improvement Programs|

When it comes to assessing healthcare quality, we’ve already talked about the trouble with defining ‘quality’, the patient’s perspective and touched on the value of HCAHPS data. The final piece of the puzzle is how do healthcare organizations, hospitals and providers use the HCAHPS data to improve their outcomes?

The Quest for Healthcare Quality Part II: Patient Perspectives

2017-04-02T13:28:36-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Quality Improvement Programs|

When it comes to defining healthcare quality, the opinion of the patients might be the most important of all. They are, after all, the ones on the receiving end of care. When you strip away the financial concerns, the administrative politics and all the other things that make healthcare a business, we remember that the end is that we will provide care to patients in need. Their experience of that care, when quantified, can give providers and hospitals a baseline evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses as a healthcare organization.

6 Healthcare IT Pain Points | What Are Your Pain Points?

2017-04-02T13:28:37-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Clinical Analysis, Financial Analysis, Health Care Reform, Operational Analysis, Services, Telehealth and Telemedicine|

Healthcare technology is changing faster than most organizations can keep up. What are you doing to comply? Healthcare technology is a rapidly changing field. Some of the changes are required to comply with current regulations while others are to gain a competitive advantage. Lets’ delve into a few of these areas.

Can Google Make Us Live Forever? What is ‘Google Calico’ and What Does It Have To Do With Modern Healthcare?

2017-04-02T13:28:37-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Preventitive Care|

You may recall some murmurings last year about a new Google venture cryptically called Calico. In the heyday of 23andMe, Apple’s many health apps and the hefty focus on technology in healthcare, Google wasn’t about to miss out on the hoopla. But just as soon as we started hearing chirps about “Google’s war on aging”, it sunk into the deep obscurity of the web.

The Importance of Drug Utilization Review

2017-04-02T13:28:38-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Healthcare Fraud and Abuse, Medicare and Medicaid, Services|

One of the most costly and complex elements of today's healthcare system is prescription drugs. For each state, there are tools and resources for hospitals to review prescription drug use and make sure it's in line with Medicare's program.

How Are You Using Physician Data Mining?

2017-04-02T13:28:40-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Financial Analysis, Physician Compensation, Services|

The pay for performance model of payment has been the preference of health insurance companies for several decades. Previous models made it too easy for money to be paid for services that were not truly needed, were poorly documented or in some cases, were entirely fabricated for the purpose of payment. Pay for performance measures are meant to validate payments to physicians in accordance with The Affordable Care Act by using data mining techniques to keep tabs on physician costs.

Healthcare Buzzwords: What is Big Data?

2017-04-02T13:28:40-04:00By BHM Marketing|Big Data, Health Care Reform, Services|

The term “Big Data” has only recently entered the healthcare and medicine verbiage. It used to be largely reserved for the larger-than-life scientific research that spanned the entirety of the universe. It’s no surprise that the concept of Big Data has translated nicely to the universe inside of us.

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