Healthcare Data Analytics Having Big Effect on Clinical Workflows

Healthcare data analytics is having the biggest impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical workflows, according to an annual survey of 185 healthcare leaders by HealthCare Executive Group and Change Healthcare. Around 30 percent of respondents to the Ninth Annual Industry Pulse Survey said that healthcare data analytics was extremely or very effective in improving workflows; 28 percent said analytics was extremely or very effective making providers more productive. aOnly 22 percent said that data analytics was extremely or very effective in reducing healthcare costs, with 16 percent judging that it was not effective at all in reducing costs.