Unlocking the right data — at the individual patient and population levels — is critical to reversing the substance abuse crisis. But the healthcare industry continues to struggle with a lack of mental health and substance abuse data. This gap stems from many ingrained and institutionalized realities, including regulatory and compliance roadblocks that have stymied electronic medical record adoption and underfunded technology adoption across behavioral health providers.
However, the industry has learned much from the broader healthcare community and can capitalize on data advancements to accelerate and build a strong data foundation. These capabilities include advanced algorithms that are proven to help address missing and inconsistent healthcare data, algorithmic capabilities that make sense of disorganized data to uncover hidden patterns and outcomes, and the ability to leverage external healthcare datasets to enrich the total patient picture.
“Providers can empower ongoing operational and clinical improvements by harnessing the power of their data assets and the proven advanced analytic capabilities that are already solving some of the most complex patient and population health challenges.”
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