For the report, researchers analyzed data from the Health IT Survey that was administered in 2008, 2010 and 2012 and conducted by TCS Healthcare Technologies, the Case Management Society of America and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.
The report identified the following trends in data reporting and analytics:
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Emerging reporting applications are being used much less than traditional reporting tools. Excel was the application most used by respondents, with 39 percent of the market share.
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There is a decline in the use of predictive modeling. Researchers found 25 percent of the respondents reported using predictive modeling in the 2012 survey, while two years earlier 35 percent of the respondents reported using predictive modeling.
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There was a nine percent decrease from 2008 to 2012 in respondents’ ability to automatically assign, schedule or execute follow up tasks using their care management software.
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33 percent of respondents said the ability to manipulate reports and data presented was very important.
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28 percent of respondents said the ability to view trends for individual patients was very important.
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23 percent of respondents said convenient access to and delivery of information, such as information being available on smartphones, was very important.
The report also made the following findings regarding dashboard capabilities:
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33 percent of respondents said the ability to manipulate reports and data presented was very important.
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28 percent of respondents said the ability to view trends for individual patients was very important.
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23 percent of respondents said convenient access to and delivery of information, such as information being available on smartphones, was very important.
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