The Lynchpin of AI
There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence or AI is the buzzword of the year. New AI products are announced everyday. Also in the news though, and rightly so, are the drawbacks and biases of AI and discussions of how to solve these issues. The core...
Legacy Systems – When to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em
Legacy systems. Every organization has one. Some are tucked away, humming along and running smaller tasks in the background. Others are the backbone of your entire infrastructure. These often represent a double-edged sword to the organizations that...
Seamless Integration Group Partners with Pyramid Analytics
Seamless Integration Group is pleased to announce a new business partnership with Pyramid Analytics. Working collaboratively, the teams from Seamless Integration Group and Pyramid Analytics will join forces to enhance our design and implementation offerings while...
Human intelligence and AI – Perhaps the sum is greater than its parts?
Instead of trying to design the perfect healthcare AI solution or build the perfect medical school, perhaps the optimal solution can be found in combination.
Data Rich but Action bankrupt? The Role of Technology in Modern Healthcare Management
Twenty years ago, the healthcare industry was striving to collect as much data as possible across as many indicators as possible. Vacuum up as much as you can, and analyze it later was the name of the game. The thinking was that without overwhelming data collection,...
Cost-effective Healthcare Management Solutions for Small Practices
Small healthcare practices face a host of unique challenges. While many providers appreciate the autonomy and flexibility of owning their own medical practice, this independence brings a breadth of hazards that grow every year as the healthcare industry continues to...
Numbers don’t lie, but how you present them does.
Every kind of organization has different metrics they should measure and work to improve. Even within an industry, every specialty company will have different metrics based on their goals, structure, purpose, and information needs. Metrics to measure profit, efficiency, and identify gaps for staff to focus on are all commonplace.
Tools and Skills for a Data Zombie Apocalypse
In today’s data-driven world, organizations are constantly accumulating vast amounts of data. However, not all data is created equal, and just like in a zombie apocalypse, there are data that can come back to haunt you if not properly managed.
Solving Data Zombies
In the realm of data management, the term “data zombies” has emerged as a fitting metaphor for outdated, irrelevant, and low-quality data that lurks within an organization’s databases. These data zombies are more than mere apparitions; they can haunt your analytics, lead to costly errors, and drain your resources. However, much like a skilled author weaving a narrative, data quality can serve as the protagonist in your data story, effectively vanquishing these spectral entities.
The Many Facets of Patient Record Deduplication
Death by medical error or accident is the nation’s leading cause of accidental death, exceeding all other types of accidental death combined. In a country with some of the most advanced medical technology on earth, one might wonder how this happens. Duplicate and...
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November 17, 2023
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November 17, 2023
Twenty years ago, the healthcare industry was striving to collect as much data as possible across as many indicators as possible. Vacuum up as much as you can, and analyze it later was the name of the game. The thinking was that without overwhelming data collection, your competitors would leave you in the dust.
It’s easy to see the potential that data could bring to healthcare. Everything from better treatments and patient engagement, to opportunities for identifying patterns and trends in disease, to new targeted revenue streams was just over the horizon. And data was obviously the key to unlock it all. Analytics would transform the entire industry. The more data the better!
However, it soon became clear that collecting data and utilizing it were too different games. Many healthcare organizations fell victim to the phenomenon of having vast amounts of data that was unusable, and thus the unrealized potential continued.
A wide host of things can make data unusable. Some of the biggest culprits are a lack of standardization, mastering, and interoperability. If your data can’t be standardized, then you can’t pull accurate results. Without mastering, you can’t follow trends and determine attribution. And without interoperability, your data can’t cooperate and inform your other systems.
SIG specializes in freeing your organization from that trap. Technology and a good data team can help you dig out from this quagmire and solve this data predicament. We can groom and process your data and make it work within your data warehouse, bringing accuracy to your analytics so you can make the best business decisions for your organization.
Give us a call, tell us your data problems, and hear our solutions.