Government
Transforming government health and human services programs to better the lives of vulnerable populations.
These patients are hard to treat
Written by Reed Abelson | Government, Provider
The surprising lack of results from a recent New England Journal of Medicine study offers a cautionary tale about how difficult it is to improve patients’ care and reduce costs. ...read more
Policies for the digital era
Written by Jillian Scalvini and Lindsey Phelps | Analytics, Government
As health and human services undergo a digital transformation, policymaking must also modernize. Clear, current and discoverable policies can help today’s program integrity investigators fight fraud, waste, and abuse ...read more
Deflating results of major study point to better ways to cut health care waste
Written by Austin Frakt | Government
Covering a study that addresses major healthcare waste and making "super-utilizers" healthier. ...read more
The huge amount of waste in the US health system
Written by Austin Frakt | Data, Government
Fraud, waste and abuse is a huge problem facing governments. A recent study came out from JAMA outlining some of the key factors going into government wasteful spending. ...read more
A smarter fight against fraud
Written by Watson Health | Artificial intelligence, Data, Government
This article defines the issue with fraud, waste & abuse, and highlights one of the key algorithms that workers use to decrease wasted funding in government health spending. ...read more
Creating human centered design
Written by Emily O'Neill | Analytics, Data, Government
IBM's development culture has grown to embrace IBM Design Thinking. The data-driven steps we’ve taken with Design Thinking have helped us provide better products and services to our clients. ...read more
Program integrity’s changing workforce sparks new approaches to policy knowledge
Written by Mark Gillespie | Artificial intelligence, Data, Government
As retirements increase, state agencies apply technology to enable fraud, waste and abuse investigators to spend less time on manual policy research ...read more
How governments are driving digital innovation in health and human services
Written by Watson Health | Analytics, Government
IBM Watson Health was recently featured on the podcast FCW Expert Voices in a discussion about how governments are using technology and data to transform health and human services. ...read more
Convergence of government, payers and providers to solve the opioid epidemic
Written by Mike Chamberlain | Data, Government
If you had unlimited funding and authority, what would you do to fix the opioid epidemic? ...read more
Opioid epidemic: Weighing alternatives for pain management
Written by Lisa Latts | Analytics, Government, Health plan
In weighing the risks and costs of pain management treatment plans, it is important to understand the burden of opioid misuse and abuse. ...read more
Five challenges that keep governments from delivering great digital experiences
Written by David Farrell | Data, Government
We have to face facts: There’s a global crisis when it comes to public trust in government. ...read more
How to overcome barriers to government data sharing
Written by Christopher Bean | Data, Government
Data barriers create barriers to care. Research has indicated that inter-agency data sharing can lead to better outcomes for people who receive government services and benefits, yet there are several barriers that make government interoperability difficult to achieve. ...read more
