Complimentary from the publishers of Predictive Modeling News               January 2017
	"A development that has been occurring lately, with, for me, unpredictable outcomes is the development of data science/Big Data/machine learning. My background has been in statistical modeling and that is the type of model that I have seen developed over the 20 or so years that I have been in this business. However, in recent years we have come to hear a lot about data science/Big Data/machine learning. Claims are made for these models that are very appealing because they seem to perform better than tradition parametric models. I don't think I have ever seen a head-to-head comparison between the two types of models, however. (We should remember that parametric models are more straightforward to interpret and their confidence intervals tend to be smaller.) Perhaps 2017 will be the year when we finally get to see, on a level playing field, whether there is anything to the hype about these models and whether they can demonstrate superior performance. And a bonus development: whether predictive performance actually matters in an operational environment in which it is increasingly difficult to engage with target patients." - Ian Duncan FSA FIA FCIA MAAA, Adjunct Professor of Actuarial Statistics, University of California, Santa Barbara; CEO, Santa Barbara Actuaries, Inc.
	"The @Home study yielded positive results, including: Slowed disease progression, as measured by patient risk scores. The risk score stabilized: 2% increase in the pilot group compared to 31% increase in the control group." Excerpted from: Predictive Modeling News, Volume 10 Number 1, January 2017, "Part II: Case Studies: Geneia Finds Remote Patient Monitoring 'Could Save More Than $8,000 a Patient a Year."
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	How hospitals can leverage predictive analytics to avoid layoffs Becker's Hospital Review, December 13, 2016
	Using NLP with Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Hospital EMR and EHR, December 12, 2016
	Advanced Plan for Health unveils predictive analytics to fine-tune population health Healthcare IT News, December 8, 2016
	Product and Service Providers Take the Stage - Again! - for Our 7th Annual Vendor Issue Part I: Predictive Modeling Industry Vendor Company Profiles Part II: Case Studies Thought Leaders' Corner: "Which new trend or development in predictive analytics do you see emerging to prominence during 2017?" Industry News with briefs regarding HVH Patient Precision Analytics; Health Catalyst; Care Bridge; Safeguard; Catasys; Accordion; VitreosHealth; Cyclica; SPH Analytics; and EHR Integration Services. Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Predictive Modeling News, or find out more
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