Healthcare systems worldwide are struggling to address escalating costs, inconsistent quality and increasing demands for care. Healthcare providers are seeking solutions to help them improve their financial status and care delivery models. IBM Business Analytics software helps hospitals, clinics and physician practices meet these needs while providing affordable, high-quality care to patients.
By providing consistent, objective and actionable information, IBM Cognos business intelligence (BI) software enables the quality initiatives and collaboration necessary to transform healthcare organizations. And with IBM SPSS software, providers can incorporate predictive analytics to detect trends, predict outcomes and support innovative clinical research. IBM Business Analytics software helps:
Drive operational process efficiencies
- Access a single integrated view of information and business performance
- Analyze and optimize service lines and key departmental processes
- Identify services for value-based delivery models
- Gain efficiencies and insight into revenue cycle management
- Increase quality of decisions by providing accurate, actionable and timely information
Improve care quality, patient safety and outcomes
- Monitor key service, health and safety metrics to identify trends and opportunities
- Track quality and clinical performance metrics against goals
- Align collaborating stakeholders by providing consistent data and metrics to improve care processes and meet clinical productivity objectives
- Model scenarios for disease profiling, spotting predictive events and supporting prevention initiatives
Increase patient satisfaction and access to services
- Support transparency and quality reporting for clinicians and patients
- Enable pay-for-performance reporting, standards compliance and monitoring
- Optimize referral and scheduling processes, resource management and call center experience
- Mine web traffic and utilization to optimize patient experience
IBM Business Analytics software delivers complete, consistent and accurate information that healthcare providers trust to improve business performance. A comprehensive portfolio of business intelligence, advanced analytics, financial performance, predictive analytics and strategy management software provides healthcare executives with clear, immediate and actionable insights into current performance and the ability to predict future outcomes.

