Data Integrity

Explaining the Basics of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare

August 7, 2023 - Like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), robotics, and virtual reality (VR), blockchain has been hyped across sectors, including healthcare. But navigating the hype and assessing the potential value of blockchain remains a challenge for healthcare stakeholders. In 2017, 83 percent of healthcare executives polled by the Pistoia Alliance reported that they expected the...

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How to Improve Data Normalization in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

Data normalization refers to the process of standardizing data to reduce ambiguity and make the data useable across systems. In the context of healthcare, health information is normalized to promote data sharing and analytics across the...

Data Analytics Reveals Significant Drop in Cancer Screening in 2020

by Erin McNemar, MPA

In 2020, many patients delayed care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the vaccine rollout and cases declining from last year, data analytics indicates that significant decreases in CT imaging for...

Ethical Artificial Intelligence Standards To Improve Patient Outcomes

by Erin McNemar, MPA

As providers continue to target improved patient outcomes, more organizations are utilizing artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning. However, organizations should follow ethical standards to ensure positive results...

Data Analytics Connects COVID-19 Outcomes to Ethnicity, Socioeconomics

by Erin McNemar, MPA

University of California researchers used patient data analytics to determine if race and ethnicity-based COVID-19 outcomes disparities are associated with socioeconomic characteristics. Since the...

Using Machine Learning To Make Better Medical Decisions

by Erin McNemar, MPA

While artificial intelligence has become essential in advancing medical research, scientists have yet to work out all the technology’s flaws. A University of Texas at Arlington computer scientist...

Data Analytics Identifies Health Disparities In Pregnancy Outcomes

by Erin McNemar, MPA

While pregnancy outcomes among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have improved over time, data analytics indicates that racial and ethnic minority patients are still disproportionately...

Data Analytics Promotes Patient Blood Management Programs

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A Mayo Clinic study using data analytics indicates that hospitals can reduce unnecessary blood transfusions and costs by implementing patient blood management programs. According to the findings, blood...

Data Analysis Reveals Risks of Prolonged Continuous Kidney Therapy

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Mayo Clinic researchers analyzing patient records found that individuals with acute kidney injury receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) once are likely to require the therapy again,...

Early Breast Cancer Screenings Reduce Mortality, Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to analyses performed by the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), having Black women begin mammography screenings every other year starting at the age of 40 could...

Cerner, Epic Saw Deepest Healthcare Data Analytics Adoption in 2021

by Erin McNemar, MPA

In their recent performance report, Data and Analytics Platforms 2021, KLAS Research evaluated vendors with broad analytics offerings and allowed them to identify their deepest platform...

Filling Gaps in Race, Ethnicity Data Critical for Health Equity

by Jessica Kent

Filling gaps in race and ethnicity data will help support and promote health equity, according to a commentary written by Anne-Marie J. Audet, MD, senior medical officer at United Hospital Fund...

COVID-19 Data Visualizations Shared on Twitter May Lack Reliability

by Jessica Kent

The majority of COVID-19 data visualizations shared by average Twitter users contained one of five errors that reduced their accuracy or reliability, according to a study published in Informatics. For...

NIH, FDA Launch Database for Parkinson’s Disease Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) program for Parkinson’s disease (PD) has launched a data portal to help researchers develop precision medicine therapies for the condition. The...

How Teamwork Fuels Award Winning Health Information Management

by Jessica Kent

At the core of any meaningful healthcare intervention is medical data. A patient’s health history, prescription information, and demographic data are the building blocks of quality care delivery,...

Data Integration, Analytics Support Public Health in Rhode Island

by Emily Sokol, MPH

An integrated data system is allowing officials in Rhode Island to develop a more thorough understanding of the health needs of residents. The usefulness of healthcare big data — that is, the...

NIH Promotes Big Data to Enhance Eye Disease Research

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Improving collaboration between specialists and integrating multiple datasets to leverage big data will be key for advancing research for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new...

Pistoia Alliance to Use Blockchain for Life Sciences Data Sharing

by Jessica Kent

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, non-profit alliance of life sciences stakeholders, has launched the next phase of its blockchain project, in which members will examine how blockchain can improve data...

FDA Releases Guidance on Health Data Integrity, Drug Safety

by Jessica Kent

The FDA has released new guidance aimed at helping drug manufacturers ensure data integrity and product safety. The document is an update to the FDA’s 2016 draft guidance on the topic and will...

HIM Pros, Data Integrity Play Vital Role in Hospital Ratings

by Jessica Kent

To ensure hospital ratings accurately reflect care quality, health information management (HIM) experts should help organizations develop audit plans that focus on maintaining high data integrity, a...

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