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How Big Data Is Helping to Create Better Hospitals

| May 5, 2015 Comment

How big data is helping to create better hospitals – American hospitals and care centers are in desperate need of reform. High costs, shocking levels of hospital-acquired illness and average quality of care are leaving healthcare providers looking for modern solutions that can both lower costs and help them provide better, more attentive care for patients.

Luckily, by harnessing the power of data and analytics, we are rapidly approaching the future of hospitals and healthcare. Perhaps the most ready-made application for data in healthcare, predictive analytics use a combination of data and analytics, to anticipate which patients will need care and when. This allows care providers to identify pools of patients who should be considered hospitalization risks in the next six months. This can help reduce unnecessary hospitalizations.

Physician-specific data can monitor care quality and provide accountability, and the introduction of a fee-for-value model can help lower healthcare costs.

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