SAS forms health industry think tank to foster innovation in medical care
SAS forms health industry think tank to foster innovation in medical care
By eGov Innovation Editors | May 17, 2011
NORTH CAROLINA – SAS recently unveiled a cross-disciplinary Center for Health Analytics and Insights that is expected to drive innovation and collaboration among organizations to develop deeper insights into medical care.
The new healthcare and life sciences research and incubation organization called the SAS Center for Health Analytics and Insights (CHAI) will focus on evidence-based medicine, adaptive clinical research, cost mitigation and many aspects of customer intelligence.
"SAS understands that it has a special role in health and life sciences. As both an employer and consumers of health care we also well understand the struggles everyone is facing as health care delivery systems are under fundamental pressures," said Jim Goodnight, CEO and co-founder of SAS. "We are investing in CHAI because SAS recognizes the value of collaboration between all industries involved in health services and products."
SAS the time is ripe for such a center is the use of advanced analytics is now considered critical to improving health outcomes with the ongoing US debate on health system reform and the discussion in many countries on how best to care for an aging population, as well as global concerns on containing the cost of care.
"Our industry is in the midst of a huge transformation," said Jason Burke, Managing Director and Chief Strategist for CHAI. "Despite years of operating in silos, the reality is today health plans, health care providers, life sciences firms and government organizations all face similar challenges in an unsustainable system. So the promise in health analytics to these organizations – better health outcomes at lower costs, and through better customer relationships – is tremendous."
Health reform has also increased the adoption of electronic health information systems that offer potential for analysis, but SAS believes that the real opportunity is in bringing business and clinical insights together to drive decision making.
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I would really love to see a holistic drug rehab approach on matters in the medical field. I sincerely doubt it because that would mean less profit for health insurance companies, but we can still hope.
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I guess that some innovations could benefit a lot of people who need assisted living Arizona. Anyways, at a global level we do need innovation in the field of medicine because lots of people don't even have access to decent medical services.