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How ‘Moneyball’ Analytics Can Predict Population Health

| April 3, 2015 Comment

How ‘Moneyball’ analytics can predict population health – What does baseball have to do with healthcare? Everything.

Of course, you’re probably familiar with the plot of Moneyball the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, later made into an academy-award winning film starring Brad Pitt. But you may not be familiar with the ripple effect that it’s had on several inefficient areas of the business world.

Most recently: Healthcare. Like the pre-Moneyball Oakland A’, the healthcare industry is in a rut –- and as a result, people are left paying too much and getting too little in return. Data and analytics can change that. Implemented properly, Moneyball analytics can reduce costs and help save lives.

Cornerstone Heath Care of North Carolina, with the help of Optum’s technology, was able to schedule targeted interventions for patients at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and shrink their high-risk population by 12%, showing that predictive analytics can work for the healthcare industry.

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