The use of analytics in healthcare is on the rise with the emergence of big data, but it requires accurate and complete..
The use of analytics in healthcare is on the rise with the emergence of big data, but it requires accurate and complete..
There are some unusual terms used in the healthcare industry, but “Hadoop” may be near the top. As a big data..
Healthcare providers across the United States implement and utilize many different kinds of technology to optimize..
According to a KLAS report titled “Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) 2016: Who Can Deliver Value Beyond the Basics,”..
There is no way around it: healthcare in the United States is expensive. The U.S. is ranked #1 in terms of total health..
In a previous blog, I wrote about unstructured data in the healthcare industry and EHR systems. Unstructured data can..
According to analysts from Merrill Lynch, Gartner and IBM, unstructured data accounts for approximately 80 percent of..
Healthcare providers across the country are continually focused on quality improvement. The U.S. Health Resources and..
The use of technology in healthcare has produced many benefits, but it also presents some risks. One of the biggest..
Consider the following statistics from Becker's ASC Review:
Numbers are a part of our everyday life. Whether we are working on a business budget or trying to remember one of our..
It’s no secret in healthcare technology that the utilization of cloud-based EHRs is on the rise, especially for small..
Healthcare Performance Metrics
The National Quality Forum (NQF), a not-for-profit organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare,..
Interactive self-service dashboards enable users to see what matters most and take action without dependence on IT to..
Measurements are used in a variety of ways, from deciding how much of a certain ingredient to put into a recipe to..
Health IT solutions are utilized in many different ways to improve patient care but also can produce preventable..
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”- Socrates,..
Healthcare organizations gather massive amounts of data to utilize for a variety of purposes, but that data is often..
As we’ve written in previous blogs, “big data” is high on the list of popular healthcare analytics trends. Simply put,..
Population Health Management is the aggregation of patient data across multiple health information technology..
Healthcare Business Intelligence
Like most other industries, healthcare lingo typically includes a lot of buzzwords. Terms such as “interoperability”..
“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of..
Most healthcare organizations that utilize the Epic EHR system experience benefits such as increased productivity and..
Implementing a new EHR system can be a huge undertaking, but it can be less stressful with detailed pre-planning,..
Organizations must properly manage and align their reporting team resources to achieve their overall operational goals...
Healthcare data management is the development and implementation of policies and procedures to manage the information..
The most important function of a healthcare data governance program is to provide the infrastructure to support and..
According to research by KPMG, only 10 percent of healthcare facilities are using data and analytics to their full..
Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to manage and analyze an unprecedented amount of clinical,..
During an Epic implementation, a key milestone for the reporting team is to conduct thorough report testing. This..
Many healthcare facilities experience an Epic reporting backlog shortly after go-live, as they move into the..
Shortly after Epic go-live, it is very common for healthcare facilities to experience significant challenges in..
At Syntrix Consulting Group, one of the key ways that we assist healthcare organizations and medical practices optimize..
Healthcare organizations know they must consistently maintain high standards for medical records security. The..
Several years ago, electronic medical record systems (EMR) were viewed as innovative and progressive – and that’s still..
