by Ajay K. Gupta | Sep 13, 2016 | Clinical Trials, Data Analytics, Health Data, Health IT, Medical Research, Opioid Abuse, Pain Management, Patient Records
The opioid-abuse epidemic, both from illicit opioids (e.g., heroin) as well as prescription narcotics (e.g., Vicodin, Oxycodone), in the US is well documented. In addition to addiction treatment programs, a software tool has also been designed to help combat this...
by Ajay K. Gupta | Aug 8, 2016 | Data Analytics, GIS, Health Data, Health IT, Medical Research, Uncategorized
Quite simply, Medical GIS is the application of Geographic Information Systems into the healthcare arena and fall under the broad “Health IT” umbrella. This, of course, just pushes the question back to what is GIS and what can it do for healthcare. What is GIS? The...
by admin | Jun 7, 2016 | Clinical Trials, Health Data, Health IT, Medical Research, Medical Transportation, Opioid Abuse, Pain Management, Readmission, Readmission Rates
Much of our discussions with people – whether with providers, payers, regulators, potential collaborators & fellow researchers, or just people we come across at networking events – revolve around a specific project we’re working on rather than the overall mission...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Data Analytics, Electronic Health Records, Health Data, Health IT, Patient Records
The accuracy rate for information contained within an electronic health records system (EHR) is only 50%. That is, only half that data can be assumed to be accurate – the rest is wrong. A February 27th article in Modern Healthcare highlights some of the reasons why,...
