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As the wave of merger of healthcare spread nationwide (announced last week that the Cleveland Clinic announced the acquisition of three hospital medical systems and an independent medical center in Florida), Summa's partner search will bring some people I did not surprise you.

According to a new report from Edgemont Capital, private equity investment will increase orthopedic surgeries over the next five years. The author knows that such transactions are in progress four to five times.

The proposed cooperation between Dallas-based Beller Scott and White Health and the Houston Memorial Hermann Health System raises increasingly important antitrust law issues as the cross-market hospital merger spreads , Says regulators.

According to a new report from Welltower, since they strive to gather additional funds to cope with regulatory changes, care adjustments, and new payment systems, the number of providers after an independent accident will be less Let's see.

Connecticut officials received an official warranty that CVS Health will leave Aetna in Hartford for at least the next 10 years

The Board of Directors of the Indus Medical Center in Vero Beach, Florida has approved a series of agreements allowing the county hospital to join the Cleveland Clinic's healthcare system.

Spectrum Health based in Grand Rapids is one of Michigan's largest nonprofit medical systems and Lakeland Health has concluded a final merger agreement on Monday in San Josef based 3 hospital system.

The Cleveland Clinic and the Martin Health System signed a final agreement on three Florida-based hospital systems and became a regular member of the clinic waiting for federal and state regulatory review.

Integrated nonprofit organizations generate 68 hospitals, two health plans, and approximately $ 14.2 billion in revenue. Its footprint includes more than 1,100 nursing care sites, approximately 73,000 employees and approximately 14,000 doctors

Downgrades are outweighed by non-profit hospital sector upgrades. Lisa Goldstein, a rating analyst, will explain this trend and the impact of M & A activities.

The Connecticut State Department Insurance Bureau will ask about the pros and cons of the acquisition of Aetna proposed by CVS Health.

If approved by shareholders, the proposal of LifePoint Health's new delegation invitation could result in a total of approximately $ 120 million to be paid to four executives after merger with RCCH HealthCare Partners.

I am very excited about SSOT Health, a new block chain project designed to weaken the healthcare industry in the United States. As a major insurance company's healthcare data analyst, I am familiar with the shortcomings of today's healthcare data analysis. There are many data security vulnerabilities that raises questions about non-compliance with the health insurance portability and accountability law (HIPAA). Data can also be classified by electronic medical systems such as EPIC, which often lack interoperability. Needless to say, the major data stakeholders - health care providers, patients, researchers - are almost never involved in monetizing data.

Health care analysis is based on data, especially datasets. Health management data sets include large amounts of medical data collected from various medical data sources, various measurements, financial data, statistical data, demographic data, and insurance data for a particular population. Due to the diversity of medical data sources, standardization of data is an important pillar of collaboration between effective and meaningful use of information and medical professionals, health care providers, insurance companies and government agencies.

The medical system is full of data, indicators, dashboards. But how do health care providers and their organizations actually use data to understand medical pathways, processes, systems and promote decision-making? In many cases, providers are skeptical about the validity of information, as data is too old to make timely decisions. By collecting and displaying data in a "real-time" way, healthcare leaders and employees can use data in meaningful ways to improve the quality and efficiency of care for patients and their families .

All healthcare leaders want to optimize the value and effectiveness of data analysts. One of the main reasons why data analysts are not as effective as possible is that they can not access the right tools. As a medical data analyst, I have been involved in business for 10 years before joining Health Catalyst, but I am directly experiencing this problem. When we needed to analyze, we spent 90% to 95% time managing the data. Management data is not registered. You do not have to spend most of your time preparing for data collection, validation of data collection methods, reformatting, validation of appropriate data types, cropping, cleaning, cleaning, and analysis and reporting of compliance data. I would like to use analytical skills. I would like to help these medical institutions solve problems and improve them.