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August 2020

"In Japan, which faces an aging society, increasing medical costs is a big issue due to an increase in chronic diseases associated with aging. NTT DATA has long been working on this issue by developing an AI solution that predicts the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases based on the results of medical checkups. In the future, NTT DATA will contribute to solving global issues by integrating this technology with NTT DATA Services' AI engine for disease prediction and sublimating it as a more accurate prediction service by utilizing medical and health data other than health checkup results."
- Hidenori Chihara, Executive Vice President, Head of Public Sector 2, NTT DATA.

The average healthcare data breach costs $7.13 million, 10% higher than last year's $6.45 million, according to IBM Security’s 2020 data breach cost report, which looked at more than 500 data breaches across 17 industries.

Excerpted from: "IBM Report: Compromised Employee Accounts Led to Most Expensive Data Breaches Over Past Year," IBM News Release, July 29, 2020.

Dan Schulte: 9 Revenue Cycle Functions Ripe for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

1. Prior authorizations
2. Eligibility and benefit verification
3. Preparation of a patient presentment letter
4. Coding assistance
5. Payer propensity to pay
6. Audits of charges
7. Credit balance adjustment
8. Claim status update
9. Low-balance accounts

Source: Electronic Health Reporter, August 7, 2020

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Details and Dollars: Using Data and Analytics to to Optimize Revenue Cycle Performance

Marlowe Dazley, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Financial Advisory Services at Health Catalyst, and Todd Halpin, Senior Vice President of Financial Advisory Services at Health Catalyst, share the fundamentals of revenue cycle management and how to conduct a data-driven revenue cycle assessment.

Addressing Covid-19 is a data problem – harnessing healthcare data to solve it
MedCity News, August 10, 2020

Machine Learning & Medicine: The Pitfalls of AI in Healthcare
The Startup, August 6, 2020

3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Change Healthcare
Forbes, August 4, 2020

Avoid COVID-19 Modeling Pitfalls by Eliminating Bias, Using Good Data
HIT Consultant, July 28, 2020

Healthcare leaders depend on 7 AI and analytics vendors most amid COVID-19
Becker's Hospital Review, July 27, 2020

For Effective Contact Tracing, Epidemiologists Must Embrace Advanced Analytics
Health IT Outcomes, July 27, 2020

Clinical, Legal Aspects of AI–Assisted Conversational Agents in Health Care
JAMA, July 24, 2020

3 Ways Predictive Analytics is Advancing the Healthcare Industry
Health IT Analytics, July 21, 2020

Three Ways Predictive Analytics is Changing Health Outcomes
HIMSS, July 23, 2020

The predictive analytics tools hospitals are using to forecast COVID-19 surges
Becker's Hospital Review, July 17, 2020

Model projects nearly 300,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by December
CNN, August 6, 2020

NTT DATA’s AI Solution Predicts Risk for Early Onset of Chronic Diseases
NTT DATA Press Release, August 5, 2020

Prediction Models in Healthcare Using Deep Learning
International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, August 1, 2020

A new hybrid predictive model to predict the early mortality risk in ICUs
IEEE Access, abstract only, July 31, 2020

HHS, VA, DOE Launch COVID-19 Big Data Analytics Collaborative
Health IT Analytics, July 30, 2020

Average cost of healthcare data breach rises to $7.1M, according to IBM report
FierceHealthcare, July 29, 2020

The clinical artificial intelligence department: a prerequisite for success
BMJ Health & Care Informatics, July 15, 2020

Use of AI-based tools for healthcare purposes: a survey study
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, July 22, 2020

2020 Priorities Include Inter-Operability, Cybersecurity and SDoH
NTT DATA’s AI Solution Predicts Risk for Early Onset of Chronic Diseases
Cambia's Data Science and AI Team Discuss Their COVID-19 Response
Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Promotes Josh Schoeller to CEO of Its Health Care Business Unit
Pros and Cons of Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
Thought Leaders Corner: "Who typically has responsibility for Identity and Access Management within health plans?"

In the previous Care Interventions edition of Care Analytics News:

NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities
Journal Scan: Reasons for readmission after hospital discharge in patients with chronic diseases
Thought Leaders Corner: "Who typically has responsibility for Identity and Access Management within health plans, and how does this role impact or protect their healthcare analytics objectives?"
From Accountable Care News: Weiner et al. Tackle Opioids, SDOH in Recent Projects
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