Population health is a big idea with big potential and a nearly unlimited range of possibilities, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing for healthcare organizations trying to figure out where to start Patients are often managed with well-known data points but, like those who preceded Billy Beane and his sabermetrics…
The HIMSS Analytics Certified program was created to increase collaboration with healthcare organizations around the globe who offer the best tools and/or services that enhance organizational efficiencies, improve patient outcomes and elevate the usage of the models that drive these positive changes. And when it comes to the Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), VertitechIT is recognized as elite,…
Does anyone really know what time it is? “I’m not recommending it for most people as anything other than just a novelty,” said Ethan Weiss, a University of California, San Francisco cardiologist. Dr. Weiss was quoted in a recent review of the new Apple Watch Series 4 by the New York Times. That raises some…
VertitechIT Executive Project Officer and IT security/HIPAA compliance consultant Teresa Grogan says many healthcare institutions are employing a “set it and forget it” mentality when implementing predictive analytics technology to fight cyber threats. She says that practice is a shortcut that will come back to haunt them. In an interview with Healthcare Info Security, Terry…
Can healthcare learn something from the national pastime? As a CMO and former CMIO, I’ve spent the better part of my professional life looking at numbers and trying to wrestle with the enigma that has come to be known as Population Health. As a 2017 article in HealthIT Analytics so aptly titled it, “population health…
Dr. Neil Kudler, VertitechIT’s Chief Medical Officer and resident big data guru, is a huge baseball fan (OK, he roots for the Mets so he’s more of a huge baseball team masochist!). It was only a matter of time before Neil made the connection between the use of data analytics in baseball (i.e. “Moneyball) and…