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Reducing healthcare administrative inefficiencies with big data

 Roger Foster May 22, 2012
In part 4 of his ongoing series, Roger Foster presents 3 tactics for leveraging big data to cut the administrative inefficiencies estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare industry as much as $150 billion every year.
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How to harness big data for improving public health

 Roger Foster April 03, 2012
A tidal wave of health data is flooding government agencies. Here are 5 ways to use big data to reduce redundancies and unnecessary expenses while achieving better care outcomes that bolster population health.
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Big data and public health, part 2: Reducing unwarranted services

 Roger Foster May 07, 2012
Roger Foster continues his look at how government and private health agencies can harness big data to the betterment of public health. In this article, Foster delves into ways that data analytics can both enhance patient care and cut costs.
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Tapping big data for early identification of preventable conditions

 Roger Foster June 04, 2012
In the final episode of his six-part series on bolstering public health with big data, Roger Foster looks toward big data's promise of preventing health conditions, and outlines some of the challenges, notably the need for data scientists.
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How the big data tools ACA, HITECH enable will improve care

 Roger Foster May 29, 2012
In part 5 of our ongoing series about big data and public health, Roger Foster discusses the ways the healthcare industry can reap better provider performance, reduced errors, and care coordination from big data.
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Top 9 fraud and abuse areas big data tools can target

 Roger Foster May 14, 2012
Federal agencies have made considerable progress rooting out fraud and abuse of the healthcare system, yet much work remains. Roger Foster looks at how CMS can use big data tools to fight fraud and abuse at all levels.
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