HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs Report Uncovers the Promise of Healthcare Analytics

Published on Monday, 25 June 2012 10:36 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

DANVERS, Mass., June 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., has released its latest HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs report, featuring a unique review of best practices for how leaders at hospitals and health networks can uncover the vast promise of healthcare data analytics.

In HealthLeaders Media's "The Promise of Healthcare Analytics," executives from four leading healthcare organizations -- Brigham and Women's Hospital, St. Luke's University Health Network, Charleston Area Medical Center, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina -- share insights and lessons learned in trying to make sense of the morass of clinical, financial and operational information generated each day in hospitals and health networks.

The new report is structured to help executives achieve the following:

• Understand the business and clinical potential for analytics in healthcare
   
• Assess a starting point for data analytics
    
• Know the difference between business intelligence and predictive analytics
    
• Overcome cultural and organizational challenges
    
• Establish metrics and benchmarks; develop scorecards and dashboards

Produced in collaboration with McKesson, this comprehensive industry intelligence report is available for free download at http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/breakthroughs/.

"Data to improve the quality, practice and bottom line of healthcare is increasingly necessary," said Edward Prewitt, editorial director for HealthLeaders Media and co-author of the report. "The complexity of clinical care requires up-to-date information, as do the changing dynamics of healthcare spending and reimbursements."

According to Prewitt, the full report includes four case studies, highlights of a roundtable discussion, interactive charts, and embedded audios and videos. It offers critical solutions from the executive teams at healthcare organizations on maximizing healthcare analytics, a look behind the trends with interactive charts and graphs, insights from more than 20 healthcare executives, and live links to on-demand audio and video clips so readers can hear and view executives' advice.

"There is no single path for healthcare organizations to employ data analytics," said Prewitt. "From different starting points, the organizations in this report have all adopted business intelligence tools to improve how they deliver care and ensure that they can operate profitably. This report shows the different road maps other organizations can use, the technical considerations and the improved outcomes from a data-driven approach to healthcare."

To find out more about HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs and to sign up for new-report alerts, go to www.healthleadersmedia.com/breakthroughs.

About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 15th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. With this 360° view of healthcare, McKesson has a unique perspective on what it takes to solve the complex issues facing our customers and all healthcare providers, now and throughout this decade. Through our Better Health 2020™ initiative, we are committed to helping healthcare systems use IT strategically to enable better business, better care and better connectivity.

Health systems have unprecedented access and ability to learn from their data, predict based on anticipated trends and hardwire process change for ongoing improvement. The McKesson Enterprise Intelligence™ solution is designed to help healthcare leaders instill a culture of excellence by measuring clinical effectiveness, managing operational capacity, maintaining shared accountability and monitoring patient safety initiatives, with the goal of improving patient outcomes and financial results.

HealthLeaders Media

HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., is a leading multi-platform media company dedicated to meeting the business information needs of healthcare executives and professionals. As an integrated media company, HealthLeaders Media includes HealthLeaders magazine, HealthLeadersMedia.com, the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit, HealthLeaders Media Rounds events, HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs reports, and California HealthFax. All these platforms may be found online at www.healthleadersmedia.com.

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