Shifts in quality and value-based payment models are driving the need for a holistic view of the health of patient populations. The provider and payer market is in the midst of a massive transformation, with 60% of business initiatives already linking payments to value. Effective management of population risk requires a deeper understanding of the social determinants of health and lifestyle factors, many of which are trapped in the text. Natural language processing (NLP) enables these insights to be used in population health analysis to provide a 360-degree view of patients.
Mining Unstructured Patient Data for Successful Population Health Management
