title: Health system mines financial data to unearth clinical conclusions, improvements.
abstract: Making clinical conclusions from your financial data. Using artificial intelligence to provide cleaner and less biased data, Sentara Health System in Norfolk, VA, has changed the way care is delivered for 25 top inpatient and outpatient conditions and procedures--and saved $4 million in the last three years as a direct result. Here's a look at how Sentara is mining clinical information from financial data.
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D014768:Virginia