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NYC Health Dept. Launches Center for Population Health Data Science

October 26, 2023 - The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) established the Center for Population Health Data Science this week in an effort to improve the city’s public health data infrastructure. The center’s work aims to effectively link and leverage healthcare, public health, and social service data. “Data is much more...


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Data Analytics in Healthcare: Defining the Most Common Terms

by Shania Kennedy

Big data analytics play an increasingly significant role in improving care quality, patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and cost reduction for healthcare stakeholders. But navigating the healthcare data analytics landscape requires...

CDC Funding Opportunity to Bolster Analytics-Driven Outbreak Response

by Shania Kennedy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) via the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) aimed at enhancing...

Cleveland Clinic, IBM Deploy First Healthcare Quantum Computer

by Shania Kennedy

Cleveland Clinic and IBM officially unveiled the installation of the IBM Quantum System One, the first deployment of an onsite private sector IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States and the...

NJDOH Awarded CDC Grant to Modernize Data Analytics Infrastructure

by Shania Kennedy

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has been awarded a five-year, $80.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which it will use to modernize its data...

Top Health IT Analytics Predictions, Priorities for This Year

by Shania Kennedy

As health systems make plans to address challenges caused or worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as efficiency and patient access to care, many are turning to health IT tools such as data analytics and artificial intelligence...

CDC Analytics Partnership Aims to Advance Public Health Preparedness

by Shania Kennedy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and software company Palantir Technologies Inc. announced a renewal of the organizations’ partnership to modernize the US public health...

Tampa General Strikes Partnership to Build Data Analytics Platform

by Shania Kennedy

Tampa General Hospital launched a partnership with software company Palantir Technologies Inc. this week focused on leveraging data and analytics to improve patient care and drive operational,...

IL Health System Unveils Partnership to Improve Data Analytics Capabilities

by Shania Kennedy

Illinois-based integrated health system Carle Health has partnered with healthcare data and analytics technology company Health Catalyst to advance its analytics capabilities and improve patient...

TN Health System Leverages Data Analytics to Advance Value-Based Care

by Shania Kennedy

Tennessee-based primary care provider group Matter Health has launched a partnership with healthcare data analytics company Ursa Health, under which the health system will leverage the company’s...

KLAS: Health Orgs Report Better Care Coordination with Microsoft Cloud

by Shania Kennedy

A new report from KLAS Research found that most healthcare organizations experienced reduced costs and shorter project timelines, with many reporting improved care coordination, while using Microsoft...

UPMC, Microsoft Partner to Expand Clinical Analytics Infrastructure

by Shania Kennedy

Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Microsoft announced a five-year collaboration aimed at expanding and modernizing the health system’s data management, warehousing, and analytics infrastructure to...

Google, Northwell Health Partner to Boost Patient Care, Clinician Experience

by Shania Kennedy

Google Cloud and New York-based Northwell Health announced a collaboration to accelerate the health system’s digital transformation using cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI), with...

How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture

by Shania Kennedy

Data analytics and interoperability are necessary for health systems to provide high-quality care services to patients, but transitioning from pen, paper, and fax machines to computers and the cloud for data collection and sharing is only...

Mayo, CDC Leaders: Policy, Coalitions Key Barriers to Data Modernization

by Shania Kennedy

To prepare for the next pandemic, healthcare leaders believe that data modernization is key, but several challenges stand in the way, including conflicting policies, lack of interoperability, and the...

CDC Unveils Forecasting, Outbreak Analytics Center

by Shania Kennedy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), which aims to improve outbreak and public health threat response by using...

Arguing the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

by Editorial Staff

In what seems like the blink of an eye, mentions of artificial intelligence have become ubiquitous in the healthcare industry.  From deep learning algorithms that can read CT scans faster than...

FHIR Interoperability Basics: 4 Things to Know

by Editorial Staff

As health data interoperability becomes an increasingly pressing concern for providers, developers and vendors are paying a great deal more attention to the data standards that will enable seamless,...

Definitive Healthcare Exceeds Initial Public Offering Projections

by Erin McNemar, MPA

On Wednesday, Definitive Healthcare opened 38.0 percent above the initial public offering’s price. Definitive provides a healthcare commercial intelligence and analytics platform, and its IPO is...