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	"Property and casualty insurance focuses on financial risk in contexts and circumstances that are predictable and generally straightforward. Predictive modeling tools in the P&C industry are fairly strong, their accuracy is high and available risk data are probably adequate. The situation in healthcare, I believe, is far more complex. Healthcare needs, patterns and risk data are more nuanced and multi-faceted and, unlike P&C, predictions focus as much on consumer or provider behaviors or actions as on dollar outcomes. There is always something that we in healthcare can learn from other industries, but I would think the parallels between the two industries may be limited and therefore the lessons limited as well." Jonathan Weiner DrPH, Professor, Health Policy and Management; Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research and Policy; Deputy Director, Health Services Research & Development Center, The Johns Hopkins University
	65% of providers said supporting organizational strategies, like participating in new care delivery or reimbursement models, was a top clinical informatics goal in the next two years. But, 58% expressed challenges in prioritizing what to work on first. Excerpted from Needles in a haystack: Seeking knowledge with clinical informatics, PricewaterhouseCoopers
	Quintiles to Quantify Healthcare Decisions Using Archimedes Simulator Business Wire, March 28, 2012
	Where Does Predictive Modeling Stand Becker's Hospital Review, March 21, 2012
	Fighting Fraud: Predictive Analytics & Business Rules Make a Powerful Combination Insurance & Technology, March 19, 2012
	Health Professionals Demanding Clinical Informatics CIO Insight, March 14, 2012
	Life Insurers Right in the Middle of a Big Opportunity LifeHealthPro, March 14, 2012
	Texas doctor indicted in $375 million health care fraud scheme American Medical Association, March 8, 2012
	Fighting Healthcare Fraud Using Social Network Analysis: The Optimal Approach by Julie M. Malida, Principal for Healthcare Fraud, Enterprise Financial Crimes Practice, SAS Researchers Emphasize Potential Unintended Consequences of Model Use Concurrent Risk Adjustment by Ksenia Draaghtel, Milliman Gilsbar Will License Elsevier/MEDai’s Risk Navigator Clinical to Identify and Manage High-Risk Populations and Improve Patient Care Quality Actionable Analytics: 10 Steps to Improve Profitability & Patient Experience Through Data-Driven Decision-Making - CareCloud Corporation Thought Leader’s Corner - “Why does it seem that the property & casualty industry has embraced -- and invested more in -- predictive analytics than healthcare? What, if anything, can healthcare learn -- or emulate -- from the P&C industry in that regard?" Industry News with briefs regarding Johns Hopkins ACG International Risk Adjustment Conference, Government Employees Health Association, FICO, Verisk Health Catching Up With... Pamela B. Peele PhD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Medical Home News, or find out more
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