Data Analytics news and information

RemitData, which supplies healthcare providers with comparative analytics for reimbursement, utilization and productivity data, has named two new executives—Michael Kallish and Jim Harter—to its team.
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Approaches to big data, data analytics and business intelligence dominated the discussions during Thursday's sessions of the 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif.
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Of all the companies that specialize in big data analytics, the real pioneer (at scale) has always been SAS—headquartered in Cary, N.C. In a big, bold bet on moving one of the larger needles in healthcare, SAS announced a collaborative effort with drug giant GlaxoSmithKline aimed squarely at...
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Big changes have arrived for healthcare organizations seeking to leverage investments in health information technology and meeting government mandates and incentive payment program requirements. But physician informaticists must balance these multiple concerns and still keep patient care at the...
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England is putting the finishing touches on a nationwide cancer registry and related data analytics program that by midsummer should cover everyone in the country.
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Four healthcare systems and technology giant IBM have joined the Premier healthcare alliance in a data analytics venture, making the second announcement this week of healthcare providers going in with a big-data partner.
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Shareable Ink, an enterprise cloud computing company that turns point-of-care clinical documentation into structured data and analytics, has named Laurie McGraw CEO and a member of its board of directors.
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Partners HealthCare System has joined with the investment arms of Kaiser Permanente and Indiana University in an $8 million equity placement in a Utah data warehousing and analytics firm, Health Catalyst, reflecting what some predict will be the next big category in health information technology...
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Janine Powell has been named vice president of client services for QPID, a data analytics service provider developed within Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in Boston, the company has announced.
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Providers realize that reimbursement for healthcare delivery is changing. The economic and cultural forces now buttressing accountable care and value-based healthcare delivery have never been stronger.
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