A Shot in the Arm

Treating patients like customers

Barry Gay — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50:05 +0000

The panel discussion at last week's SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference surfaced plenty of ideas, opinions and, ultimately, strategies for effective customer engagement in health care. Over at Customer Analytics (the SAS blog about, well, customer analytics), John Balla provides this great summary.

As doctor and patient, Christensen offers unique view of health care

Barry Gay — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:08 +0000

What's the cure for high-cost health care and medical diagnoses that miss the mark? Technology and analytics, says Clayton M. Christensen, author and professor at Harvard Business School. Christensen spoke Thursday during the 9th Annual SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference. As both a medical doctor and a stroke survivor (living with [...]

CHAI launches online community for health care, life sciences

Barry Gay — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:48:02 +0000

The SAS Center for Health Analytics and Insights (CHAI) has launched an online community to connect leaders and practitioners in the health and life sciences industries who are dedicated to transforming health care. CHAI Managing Director Jason Burke announced the community, known as the Center for Health Analytics, this morning [...]

BCBSNC, SAS collaborate for better care, better costs

Barry Gay — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:24 +0000

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and SAS are collaborating to help health plans offer more and better personalized care and service while holding down costs for individuals and employers. The announcement came this morning during the 9th Annual SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference. [...]

Keep up with HLS conference proceedings online

Barry Gay — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:50:41 +0000

Whether or not you're attending the SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference in person, you can still keep up with the proceedings, which kick off first thing Thursday morning. We'll post updates on this blog throughout the day. Follow us on Twitter (@SASAnalytics) using hashtag #HealthAnalytics or look for any of these handles: [...]

7 must-reads for health care

Barry Gay — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:16:53 +0000

Looking ahead to Thursday's SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference, we shared seven must-reads for life sciences yesterday. Today, seven must-reads for health care: Providers: 5 strategies for navigating health care reform Plans: Will you thrive in the new market landscape? Learn from the pros: 5 traits of every successful customer-focused company Claims [...]

7 must-reads for life sciences

Barry Gay — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:27:33 +0000

Attending the 9th Annual SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference this week? No need to pick up a magazine for the plane ride. We've got you covered. Below, seven must-reads for life sciences. Tomorrow, seven must-reads for health care. Five ways to improve marketing ROI The three secrets behind successful marketing [...]

Brighter insights, better care theme of SAS executive event

Barry Gay — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:42:25 +0000

UPDATE: Removes Twitter handle attributed in error to Berwick in earlier version. During the 9th Annual SAS Health Care & Life Sciences Executive Conference this week, industry leaders from around the world will discuss the No. 1 issue they face: providing quality patient care while managing costs. Don Berwick, MD, former administrator for the Centers [...]

“Healthcare meets MONEYBALL…. hopefully…. What would Billy Beane say”

Brad Sitler — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:58:02 +0000

As our elected officials debate the constitutionality of healthcare reform, the need for curbing spending on healthcare continues to increase. At last count, healthcare spending will account for 19.5% of our country’s gross domestic product by 2017. Whether you support the existing legislation or not, it’s clear that we need [...]

Big data in healthcare - The new gold rush

Graham Hughes, MD — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:09:43 +0000

In a prior post I made some estimates of the global size and growth rate of medical data stored in databases across the world. Whether those estimates were close or not, the point is that there is a huge amount of medical data available today and the vast majority [...]