Weekly News Roundup Archives

Health Catalyst Editors

June 12, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: June 12, 2020

This week, the CDC issued interim guidelines for antibody testing in clinical and public health settings, which will be used for monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, antibody tests may be raising more questions than they're answering. In this week's news roundup: why the CDC says "less than half" of antibody tests may be correct; why immunity to COVID-19 is so complicated; maps and dashboards show new coronavirus hotspots and reopening dates; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

June 4, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: June 5, 2020

This week, the CDC issued interim guidelines for antibody testing in clinical and public health settings, which will be used for monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, antibody tests may be raising more questions than they're answering. In this week's news roundup: why the CDC says "less than half" of antibody tests may be correct; why immunity to COVID-19 is so complicated; maps and dashboards show new coronavirus hotspots and reopening dates; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

May 29, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: May 29, 2020

This week, the CDC issued interim guidelines for antibody testing in clinical and public health settings, which will be used for monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, antibody tests may be raising more questions than they're answering. In this week's news roundup: why the CDC says "less than half" of antibody tests may be correct; why immunity to COVID-19 is so complicated; maps and dashboards show new coronavirus hotspots and reopening dates; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

May 22, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: May 22, 2020

As states across the country ease stay-at-home orders, healthcare organizations look to restart elective procedures and develop financial recovery strategies. In this week's news roundup: hospitals begin the road to recovery; understanding the implications of the stimulus relief package; how one health system used advanced analytics in their financial recovery plan; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

May 15, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: May 15, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, new realities are significantly impacting every aspect of healthcare, from how care is delivered to how we work and communicate. In this week's news roundup: using remote patient monitoring to drive pandemic communication; how virtual care analytics supports rapid change in ambulatory care delivery; remote healthcare work best practices; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

May 8, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: May 8, 2020

As the country moves toward the next phase of its COVID-19 response, leaders will need to leverage data analytics to stay ahead of the virus and safely reopen. In this week's news roundup: how big data analytics will factor into the next phase of COVID-19; restarting elective surgery in the COVID-19 era; how one health system used analytics to understand the financial impacts of COVID-19 and aid their elective surgery restart; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

March 13, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: March 13, 2020

As health systems across the country scramble to respond to COVID-19, we've pulled together news and resources to help organizations and professionals prepare. In this week's news roundup: steps healthcare facilities can take now to prepare for COVID-19, guidance from the CDC on preparing for community transmission, COVID-19 maps and visuals from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and much more.

Health Catalyst Editors

February 28, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: February 28, 2020

As the transition of healthcare payment models from volume to value takes longer than expected, healthcare organizations are balancing fee for service (FFS) with value-based care (VBC). In this week's news roundup: the role of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in VBC; ten strategies for navigating the shift from volume to value; and where providers and payers stand on consumerism, value-based care, and healthcare transformation.

Health Catalyst Editors

February 21, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: February 21

The journey for healthcare organizations to become data driven is complex but absolutely critical for success in today's increasingly digitized environment. In this week's news roundup: how data literacy plays a key role in becoming a data-driven healthcare organization; how the lack of data literacy costs employers five days of productivity per year; why data storytellers will define the next decade of data; and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

January 30, 2020

News Roundup: January 31, 2020

As AI and ML are rapidly making their way to the forefront of the healthcare world, some leaders feel that advanced analytics isn't gaining traction too quickly, while others are embracing its capabilities. In this week's new roundup: how AI can help leaders drive systemwide outcomes improvement; four ways AI/ML will transform healthcare in 2020, health systems utilizing ML; the power of data and AI to improve the payer-provider relationship; and the benefits of AI in medical imaging.

Health Catalyst Editors

January 24, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: January 24, 2020

Understanding the current healthcare climate and upcoming trends in 2020 can help healthcare organizations stay abreast of important changes and be prepared for the future. In this week's news roundup: the top trends that will disrupt healthcare in 2020, seven trends impacting the design of healthcare environments, the main trends driving mergers and acquisitions, and more.

Health Catalyst Editors

January 17, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: January 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will play an even bigger role in healthcare in 2020. In this week's news roundup: AI and machine learning trends; why AI in healthcare is primarily a change management problem; how Christiana Care is personalizing the "black box" of machine learning; and much more.

Health Catalyst Editors

January 10, 2020

Weekly News Roundup: January 10, 2020

Healthcare is moving towards an era of personalized medicine in which providers customize treatments for the individual patient. In this week's news roundup: How data-driven precision medicine individualizes treatment; who will benefit from precision medicine; and the major barriers to implementing precision medicine programs.

Health Catalyst Editors

December 20, 2019

Weekly News Roundup: December 20, 2019

With 2019 coming to a close, cutting costs will be top of mind in 2020 for most healthcare organizations. This week's news roundup focuses on financial alignment: three strategies for healthcare financial transformation; managing the most expensive patients; tactics to drive revenue cycle efficiency; and healthcare's pricing problems explained in four charts.

Health Catalyst Editors

November 22, 2019

Weekly News Roundup: November 22, 2019

As the need for data-driven improvement becomes more urgent, health systems are finding that their current approaches to data management and analytics are failing to keep up. Organizations must evolve towards a broad data management solution to satisfy healthcare's increasing demands for data storage and near-real time insights.

Health Catalyst Editors

November 8, 2019

Weekly News Roundup: November 8, 2019

In this new, data-rich healthcare environment, clinicians have greater abilities than ever to provide tailored treatments for specific patients's needs. However, personalized healthcare is easier said than done. In this week's news roundup: how real-world data can help advance clinical trials; the power of analytics and AI in the new era of personalized medicine; four trends to make precision medicine possible; and more.