How interoperability benefits healthcare administrators
Interoperability of healthcare data is imperative — not just for improving clinical outcomes but for simplifying healthcare administration as well. A recent study found that nearly 34% of national...
View ArticleWith analytics, healthcare can get more from its investments in FHIR
By now, most people in the healthcare industry understand the purpose of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), a data-sharing standard for exchanging health information electronically. Why...
View ArticleModels, machine learning and Medicaid
At IBM Watson Health, we have a dedicated team of researchers who are using our rich real-world data resources and technology to uncover and investigate trends that could benefit government-supported...
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6 pieces of advice from an AI early adopter
The use of advanced analytics and AI in healthcare continues to evolve rapidly. A recent survey found one-third of healthcare organizations already use AI in medical imaging, with another one-third of...
View ArticleIs life sciences ready for post-pandemic transformation?
The pandemic sparked the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. It also catalyzed new approaches to clinical trials and commercialization. Whether companies started to implement decentralized trials...
View ArticleA race to prevent homelessness
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just a public health crisis, it’s an economic crisis. With businesses furloughing or laying off staff, people and their families are continuing to face financial hardship,...
View ArticleReimagining the caseworker experience through co-creation and human-centered...
Imagine you’re a caseworker for a local government agency that helps deliver social program benefits to families in need. Your day-to-day tasks involve updating information on many of the hundreds of...
View ArticleThe cloud is a Medicaid agency’s strongest new ally against healthcare fraud
Fraud schemes that target healthcare systems are creative, and it requires just as much creativity to uncover them. Too often though, governments can’t act on their ideas to catch bad actors or...
View ArticleFrom intern to employee – a career with IBM Watson Health
The year 2020 was one of uncertainty for everyone, including college students. Internship programs across the US were cancelled or converted to remote environments, leaving students to adapt to a...
View ArticleFrom intern to full-time employee – what you need to know
While studying Business Administration with concentrations in marketing; information systems; and business analytics at the University of New Hampshire, Caroline Muse landed a marketing internship with...
View ArticleValue-based care: What it will take to be ready for downside risk by 2025
From telehealth to care management to where care is provided – healthcare delivery changed rapidly in response to the pandemic. Many health systems learned that reliance on traditional fee-for-service...
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4 ways healthcare payers can better manage oncology drug costs with data...
One of the largest drivers of spend in healthcare is specialty medication. In 2014, medical and prescription specialty drug treatment contributed USD 439 in annual allowed PMPY. In five short years,...
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