Dr. Joshua Morgan, National Director of Behavioural Health and Whole Person Care at SAS, had this to say about the launch of the new collaboration: “Personal care is about seeing people from a more holistic angle and putting them in the centre of the cross-sectoral and cross-agency initiatives to improve quality. New and unexpected patterns and insights appear when you integrate the data from various systems, which, presumably, have never communicated with each other before.”
“New and unexpected patterns and insights appear when you integrate the data from various systems, which, presumably, have never communicated with each other before.”
SAS already works with government agencies to support the creation of a more comprehensive and meaningful picture of the individual citizen. For example, a database and analysis solution allowed San Bernardino County, CA, to integrate behavioural health data and other health and nonhealth data in order to create a user-defined risk score to identify the people who used several public services the most.
Additionally, Wake County, NC, worked with SAS to identify people with recurring interactions in relation to the use of expensive public services. By better understanding the “familiar faces,” Wake County can now ensure that those with the greatest need are proactively offered programs such as temporary housing.
Analytics and integrated health management could revolutionize public health
An integrated health management platform contributes to reducing costs and inefficiencies. Analytics and integrated health management could revolutionise public health and create a healthier population at a lower cost. It can also identify more robust and holistic results that can become a part of new value-based agreements.
That makes us smarter, and that allows us to make a real difference. One of my American colleagues, Jeremy Racine, the SAS Health Care Strategy, Consultant says: “SAS continues to explore innovative collaborations in the health care sector. Partnerships with the leaders in health care technology, such as VirtualHealth, will, moving forward, be able to create noticeable improvements in the health care sector.”
This article has been republished with permission from SAS.