Analytics Helps Population Health Coordinators to Better Treat Chronic Conditions
Analytics Helps Population Health Coordinators to Better Treat Chronic Conditions
7 PagesCopyright © 201 89 Health Catalyst 1 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION Academic Medical Center Community Hospital PRODUCTS Health Catalyst ® Data Operating System (DOS TM ) and robust suite of analytics applications Success Story Analytics Helps Population Health Coordinators to Better Treat Chronic Conditions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chronic conditions remain a severe and costly problem for healthcare organizations. For example, of the U.S. adult population, an estimated 13 million have undiagnosed hypertension 1 , and 30 million have diabetes 2 —both are leading causes of death that carry huge costs. Improving the management of chronic diseases for patients is crucial for reducing expenses and improving health outcomes for this population. Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a member of the Partne
