Just like a photo can be altered to remove imperfections, visuals can be manipulated to support the narration an author wants to portray. Likewise, overly complicated visualizations can be just as deceptive. Thanks to technology, there is a wealth of data at our disposal. By falsely representing that data, we do a disservice to those that would benefit from its … Read More
Hype Cycle for U.S. Healthcare Payers, 2018
Gartner’s health value management business model lays out the rationale and architecture for transformation.
Major Depression: The Impact on Overall Health
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association examines diagnosed major depressive disorder (major depression) using the breadth and depth of data available through the Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Index.
5 Ways Your Health IT Startup Can Stay Ahead
Entrepreneurs in the health information technology field are very aware that they have entered an industry full of competition and challenges. It calls for an extra level of due diligence among leaders in the field, who need to take extra care to not only keep up, but keep their businesses a few steps ahead of competitors. Sanket Shah, director at … Read More
Childhood Allergies in America
In this report, the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association, in collaboration with Blue Health Intelligence, examines American children diagnosed with different kinds of allergies and allergic reactions.
Could a National Database Help the Opioid Crisis?
Lawmakers gathered with health care experts to determine what role data and technology can play in easing the opioid crisis that kills thousands of Americans every year. Some argued for a centralized database of national opioid prescriptions while Sanket Shah, director at BHI, went another way, suggesting that treatment duration was a better indicator of abuse and overdose than opioid … Read More
Adolescent Vaccination Rates in America
In this report, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, in collaboration with HealthCore and Blue Health Intelligence (BHI), examines vaccination rates for U.S. commercially insured adolescents.
Early Childhood Vaccination Trends in America
Childhood vaccination is considered one of the top public health accomplishments of the 20th century.
Antibiotic Prescription Fill Rates Declining in the U.S.
The overuse of antibiotics, which is known to cause antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has been a topic of concern among healthcare professionals and policy makers in America for many years.
America’s Opioid Epidemic And Its Effect on the Nation’s Commercially-Insured Population
The opioid addiction epidemic is one of America’s foremost health crises.