Predictive Modeling Bulletin
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"Interoperability is certainly possible, but it’s not going to happen overnight. The number of players and key challenges -- such as adoption of standards and coordination of stakeholders -- are roadblocks, but are not insurmountable. The technologies to address interoperability, and even the standards themselves, exist today, but we need to align incentives for payers and providers to encourage adoption.”
- Bob Fuller, Managing Partner, Healthcare, Clarity Insights.
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  Fewer than 10% of people who die in a given year have a predicted one-year mortality rate over 50% -- and even of admissions that occur in the last year of life, fewer than 4% have a predicted one-year mortality rate of 80% or higher at the time.

Excerpted from: Predictive Modeling News, Volume 11 Number 8, August 2018, Journal Scan: "Study Debunks ‘Notion That Large Chunks of Medicare Go to Futile End-of-Life Care’."
 
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How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare Learning Health Systems and Predictive Analytics | Connecting Michigan 2018

The next generation of health information exchange has arrived, with capabilities to enrich messages flowing through the Michigan statewide network to flag areas of concern such as high utilizers, opioid risk, and many more. The first 100 days after an event have transformed from a blind spot into a rich source of data to help achieve better healthcare. Learn how predictive analytics can further enhance these messages to provide additional, real-time clinical decision support.

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  Sanjeev Agrawal: 5 areas where predictive analytics are improving hospital operations

1. increasing operating room (OR) utilization
2. reducing infusion center wait times
3. Continue reading here

Source: Health IT Outcomes, August 17, 2018
 
     
 
 
 
This Month in Predictive Modeling News
 
  • Journal Scan: Hopkins Research Finds Analytic Value in Lab Test Results
    Actuaries: Healthcare Companies Have High Hopes for Predictive Analytics
  • Accolades: HVH Precision Analytics; SCIO Health Analytics; AMN Healthcare; Health Catalyst
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can predictive analytics be used by health plans to better address premium pricing in the individual market going forward, given the instabilities of the risk pool?"
  • Movers & Shakers: Medial EarlySign
  • Industry News: Advanced Plan for Health; S&S HealthCare Strategies; Health Catalyst; SCIO Health Analytics
  • Catching Up With ... Bob Fuller
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