CLINICAL ANALYTICS

In her role as Vice President of Clinical Analytics for Amera Medical Review , Debra uses hospital financial information and Clinical Data to assess potential revenue enhancement strategies. As a part of charge audits and insurance defense audits, clinical analytics helps educate organizations on ways to maximize billing and ultimately reimbursement. This allows healthcare organizations to improve efficiency, enhance quality, and maximize value.  

There is also a growing need to manage Big Data through the use of advanced analytics that improve both individual care and the population health of the local community. Use of big data will allow healthcare professionals to use millions of cases to improve the standard of care, participate in population health by defining needs for subpopulations, and identify and intervene for groups at risk for poor outcomes. One report suggested that if the healthcare industry could use big data effectively and creatively to improve quality and safety, it could be worth $300 billion in value by reducing expenses (Manyika et al., 2011). As a result, healthcare organizations need to expand their HIT budgets to allow the acquisition of new software and to invest further in skilled data analysts and clinical-information experts. The following articles and presentations relate specifically to value based care initiatives. 

JOURNAL ARTICLES: 

Harrison, Jeffrey P. and Kirkpatrick, Nicole “The Improving Efficiency Frontier of Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals”,  The Health Care Manager. 30(4):313-321, 2011. 

Harrison, Jeffrey P., and Lai, Joseph   “The Impact of Wireless Technology on Healthcare Quality Improvement” The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 7(2):61-76, 2011.

Palacio, Carlos, Harrison, Jeffrey P., and Garets, David. “Benchmarking Electronic Medical Records Initiatives in the US: a Conceptual Model” Journal of Medical Systems Published online: 6 January 2009.

Harrison, Jeffrey P., and Daly, Mary Ann. “Leveraging Health Information Technology to Improve Patient Safety” Public Administration and Management, 13(3). 218-237, 2009.

Harrison, Jeffrey P., and McDowell, Geoffrey M.   “The Role of Laboratory Information Systems in Healthcare Quality Improvement” International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance, 21(7). 679-691, 2008.

PRESENTATIONS:

GIS and Wireless Technology: The Positive Impact on Healthcare Quality, Harrison, J. and Harrison D., World Congress on GIS & Remote Sensing, New Orleans, Louisiana. August 01, 2016.

A Simple Tool For Measuring Performance Outcomes.   Harrison, J., Coppola, M.N.  118th Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Annual Continuing Education Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 8, 2013.

A 10-year Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) study of the Efficiency of Federal Hospitals.   Harrison, J., Posteraro, R., Fulton, L., Beauvais, B., Coppola, M.N.  118th Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Annual Continuing Education Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 6, 2013. 

The Impact of Wireless Technology on Healthcare Quality Improvement: Harrison, Jeffrey P., and Lai, Joseph   presented at  “The 7th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society”, sponsored by The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, at the University of the Basque Country, Vizcaya, Spain. March 25-27, 2011.