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Necessity Of Analytics In Today’S Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Kristen N. Thomas
Necessity Of Analytics In Today’S Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Kristen N. Thomas
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Because of the recently growing pressures to improve quality and reduce costs, healthcare organizations are rapidly adopting IT in order to improve their operations and clinical care. As a result, an accumulation of vast amounts of data are becoming available for use. It is important for healthcare to use this data. Strome (2010) states that healthcare analytics is the application of statistical tools and techniques to healthcare-related data in order to study past situations (i.e., operational performance or clinical outcomes) to improve the quality and efficiency of clinical and business processes and performance. With the introduction of healthcare analytical tools, …