Business Intelligence

The Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum kicks off on Thursday in Boston, with a host of expert speakers set to discuss how healthcare is using clinical and business intelligence to drive quality improvements, efficiency gains and cost savings.

Top hospital executives derive innovative ideas not only from each other but from organizations ranging from Epic to Wal-Mart and CVS, according to a new report, "Into the Minds of the C-Suite 2015" by Peer60.

While payer-provider collaboration has long been important, new trends in managing population health data is strengthening that relationship as never before, according to MedeAnalytics CEO Andy Hurd, and in many ways it's changing how providers think.

Once bitter rivals, healthcare providers in same markets are finding it's better to keep their enemies close, sharing services, health plans and purchasing power among them.

Healthcare Finance showcases its top five most popular videos from the first half of the year.

Healthcare Finance will be on the ground at the conference and will file live reports from the sessions.

Knowing when it's time to bring in outside help to improve the business is one thing, but with so many consultants to choose from, make sure you know what your organization wants.

Hospital chief financial officers have indispensable business intelligence towards managing costs surrounding supply chain purchases.

Linda Burt, vice president and chief financial officer at Nebraska Methodist Health System in Omaha, Neb., sat down with Healthcare Finance News to discuss the primary ways in which hospital CFOs use analytics, and how data -- if assessed properly -- can reduce risk.

Healthcare organizations are creating mountains of data and to tap that data's full potential, they need data analysts.