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Enough Health Care Data for an Army: The Million Veteran Program

U.S. veterans are helping customize medicine through big data that will unravel the role of genes in health and disease.

J. Michael Gaziano and Saiju Pyarajan (Million Veteran Program, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Harvard Medical School), interviewed by Sam Ransbotham

December 22, 2015

The Art of Managing Complex Collaborations

Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private partnership in the health industry, presents five lessons in managing collaboration.

Eric Knight, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, and Barbara Mittleman

August 05, 2015

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Using Big Data for Better Health Outcomes

Intermountain Healthcare uses data and analytics to improve its health services, including lowering its infection rates.

Michael Fitzgerald

July 20, 2015

How Digital Transformation Is Making Health Care Safer, Faster and Cheaper

What does it take to bring world class digital technology to one of the world’s leading medical centers?

Dr. John Halamka (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane

July 15, 2015

When Health Care Gets a Healthy Dose of Data

American health care is undergoing a data-driven transformation — and Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare is leading the way.

Michael Fitzgerald

June 25, 2015

The Human Factor in Analytics Success

By skillfully managing the human side of its analytics strategy, Intermountain Healthcare empowers doctors and other users to make data-driven process changes that improve business results and patient outcomes.

Christopher Mazzei, Global Chief Analytics Officer, EY

June 25, 2015

Data & Data Culture

Coming Soon: Doctors As Data Analysts

Kaiser’s John Mattison describes the data-driven healthcare system of the future — and says companies need to get in gear to meet its challenges now.

Michael Fitzgerald

October 21, 2014

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Crafting Health Care’s Future at Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is crafting health care’s future with help from its Innovation and Advanced Technology group.

Dr. Yan Chow (Kaiser Permanente), interviewed by Renee Boucher Ferguson

June 23, 2014

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Capitalizing on Data by Building Organizational Capabilities

Using data analytics to reinvent health care requires more than just technical know-how — it also requires flexibility.

Stephanie Woerner

June 04, 2014

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Technology Solutions for Health Care Need a Continuous Process

WellPoint’s efforts to change health care billing highlights the need for an effective innovation process.

Sam Ransbotham

June 04, 2014

Data & Data Culture

Preparing Analytics for a Strategic Role

The way health care is billed in the U.S. system is part of the reason costs are so high. WellPoint is looking to analytics to play a strategic role in changing that.