Assembling the Analytics Team for Population Health at Atrius Health

Joe Kimura, MD, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Atrius Health. With renewed attention on optimizing healthcare value as defined by cost, quality, access, and patient experience, the roles of population management, case & case management, systems & operations management, and utilization management are front and center for organizations looking to assume clinical and financial accountability for a patient population. The efficiency and effectiveness of all of these management functions is highly dependent upon the ability to leverage healthcare data and analytics. The emergence of healthcare analytics as a core competency of healthcare delivery systems is driving many organizations to quickly assemble the necessary technology and staff.  In this presentation, Dr. Kimura discusses a functional framework that executives can use to strategically mature their internal analytics team.