title: Strategy first. Before you buy predictive modeling tools, decide why you need them.
authors.affiliation: Care and Network Management, The TriZetto Group Inc., Newport Beach, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D019468:Disease Management; D005544:Forecasting; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics; D015233:Models, Statistical; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software