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	"Some of the advanced web-based CDHP consumer-focused web pages that help consumers manage their first-dollar services could add new sources of data for PM models. To the extent any of these consumer-centric data items and patterns of out-of-pocket spending could be incorporated into models, this could represent a new frontier for PM methodologies. As new mHealth and consumer-focused eHealth web-based tools come online, this type of consumer-centric input into PM models and analytics is likely to become ever more important.” Jonathan Weiner DrPH, Professor and Director of the Center for Population Health IT and CEO of the ACG Team, Johns Hopkins University
	Cox Proportional Hazard Models were applied to a set of oncology drugs in the United States to perform predictions...The Cox model shows that for each additional month since FDA approval, the “risk” of a price increase increases by 0.7%. Excerpted from: Predictive Modeling News, Volume 6, Number 4, April 2013, Predicting Price Changes of Oncology Drugs in the United States
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	New Model Predicts Hospital Readmission Risk ScienceDaily, March 25, 2013
	Big data driving analytics investments Healthcare IT News, March 22, 2013
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	3 Questions Hospital Leaders Should Ask When Using Big Data Becker's Hospital Review, March 15, 2013
	Improving the Transparency of Mathematical Models: Shine More Light on Validations by David M. Eddy MD PhD Analytics in Healthcare Predicting Price Changes of Oncology Drugs in the United States by Bruce Wang Thought Leader’s Corner: “Has progress been made with integrating desired data for analytics from high-deductible patients and third-party-administered HSA/HRA accounts? What issues remain in this arena?” Industry News with briefs regarding Deloitte, Isabel Healthcare, IMS Health, and IBM Catching Up With …G. Landon Feazell 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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