Just a few years ago, health systems were generally operated as revenue centers—the more patients seen, the more money made. But, in today’s reality of outcomes-based reimbursement, hospitals must be run as cost centers—ensuring their margins by eliminating the process inefficiencies and waste that contribute to hospital readmissions, reduced reimbursement and costly penalties.

To improve quality of care while reducing unnecessary costs (e.g., duplicate tests, avoidable readmissions), providers

Historically, there has been great resistance to data analysis by clinicians who just want to practice medicine as they were taught. But, today we know that measuring data is crucial to ensuring quality of care because it provides “x-ray vision” into a patient’s life. In this video, David Nace, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at MarkLogic, addresses the critical impact of data on quality of care and patient health outcomes.

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• Two-Minute Video:

Kürzlich hatte ich eine Diskussion mit einigen Architekten, die für eines der größten Krankenversicherungs-Systeme in den USA arbeiten. Sie interessierten sich für die Aggregation ihrer unzähligen Silos mit medizinischen Daten (Gesundheitsdaten) und wollten diese Integration durch die Umwandlung der Daten in über 100 Milliarden semantische Tripel erreichen. Hier unser Vorschlag:

Als ich mit dem Projekt begann, wollten die Architekten des Unternehmens semantische Tripel verwenden, um die

To escape the time and money trap of legacy systems – adopting the right mindset is just as critical as adopting the right technology. Think about what you’d gain from breaking down the data silos that make change so difficult in healthcare. Bill Fox, Vice President for Healthcare and Life Sciences at MarkLogic, outlines why you can’t afford to wait to transform your business.

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• Whitepaper: Enterprise Data Strategy in the Healthcare Landscape
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Payers and providers are tasked to keep up in an industry of rigorous demands and near constant change. Will your organization be able to quickly adapt to what’s next in fraud prevention, population health or healthcare legislation? Bill Fox, Vice President for Healthcare and Life Sciences at MarkLogic, explains why a flexible data strategy is key.

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• FierceMarkets e-Brief: Develop a Data Strategy to Ease the Transition to Paying for Value in