Performance improvement through data insights
Learn how multiple hospital systems managed to cut costs, reduce patients’ length of stay, and acquire actionable financial performance data.
Research brief: The slow yet steady journey to risk-based contracts
HealthLeaders Media and IBM Watson Health recently conducted a survey of leaders at healthcare organizations to better understand the current state of risk-based population health initiatives
IBM Watson Health Names 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
This is the 20th year of our 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ annual study. The winning hospitals in our study have demonstrated this with better outcomes at a lower cost per case than non-winning hospitals.
Digital therapeutics: New therapy opportunities
The IBM Institute of Business Value (IBV) is IBM’s thought leadership arm, and has launched a study to understand the progress of “Digital Therapeutics”. Digital therapeutics are clinically proven treatment options that use software to augment a standard of care or enable new therapy opportunities for a medical or psychological condition. Expert Insight The results will […]
Case study: AHMC Healthcare
AHMC Healthcare used IBM CareDiscovery® to uncover opportunities to improve sepsis compliance, which ultimately led to a higher level of care.
From automated to comprehensive: What child welfare organizations need to succeed
Of all the programs and services regulated, administered or delivered by government, there are arguably none more important than the delivery of child welfare services: child protection, foster care and adoption.
Health Quest Medical Practice – Patient outreach
Hear members of the Health Quest Medical Practice team explain how they use IBM Watson Health solutions to close care gaps and target patient outreach.
Research brief: Hospital-acquired conditions lead to avoidable cost and excess deaths
It is critical that healthcare providers continue to rigorously track and report these conditions so clinical performance can be measured against hard data to chart improvement over time.
Hospital Pharmacists Tap AI to Improve Drug Information Searches
Among the dozens of hospital pharmacists who have been testing new technology in a limited availability roll-out, all have made it clear that their number one priority is to make sure the information they are delivering to their colleagues and friends is rock solid.
Success story: The Aurum Institute
The Aurum Institute needed to integrate clinical data from cross-border research sites located in several sub-Saharan African countries, each run by data managers who speak different languages and possess varied levels of experience with electronic data capture.
No lazy summers for Watson Health: heavy on ‘a’ – action
Personal values. Commercial pressures. These are forces that shape our jobs every day, especially for leaders in the life sciences. As individuals, we want to solve urgent problems that touch us deeply. As professionals representing growing businesses, we act on our beliefs best when they align with distinct market opportunities. The oft heard slogan of […]
IBM Watson Health taps hospital clinical data to improve sepsis care
DeKalb Medical and AHMC Healthcare leveraged data and clinical care team capabilities to make improvements in sepsis care.