In this updated Health of America report, the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association, in collaboration with Blue Health Intelligence, performed a more in-depth review of two types of branded prescription drugs to better understand why generic drugs are not reining in prescription drug costs as anticipated.
How to Build a Successful Big Data Analytics Program in Healthcare
Most hospitals and health systems have started to collect some form of electronic information to help them with population health management, financial decision-making, or patient safety, but few have truly cracked the secret of using big data to generate measurable improvements in quality and revenue. Sanket Shah, Senior Director at Blue Health Intelligence, discusses how organizations struggle with big data …
Using Visual Analytics, Big Data Dashboards for Healthcare Insights
Healthcare organizations’ thirst for insights has intensified over the past few years. Executives want to be able to use data to figure out why something is happening, what to do about it, and what to expect in the future. BHI’s Sanket Shah contributes to this article about how there is a lot of data and why getting actionable insights from …
Fact or Fiction: Five Common Downfalls of Data Visualizations
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.