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About GrowForward

Eric Pierson, Founder and Principal Consultant Eric Pierson has a passion for healthcare data analysis and feels very strongly that decision support tools should produce measurable value for a business. He has spent over 17 years working within healthcare organizations, and has developed particular expertise in decision support systems and health plan business. He has worked with a wide variety of large to small health plans across the country, including the recognized names of UnitedHealthcare, Coventry, Mutual of Omaha, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, Amerigroup and the State of New York’s Medicaid system. He has also worked in the FDA-regulated medical device industry, assisting Guidant Corporation’s Cardiac Rhythm Management division (now part of Boston Scientific) to advance their ability to drive clinical and technical insight from data stored within their implanted devices.

Recommended Reading for Healthcare Professionals: “How Market-Leading Health Care Organizations are Using Analytics to Drive a Competitive Edge”

Healthcare analytics are rapidly escalating in value, even though there has not been a loud announcement to all professionals in our industry.  They are quietly advancing in value because organizations that are becoming market leaders during this time of significant … Continue reading

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Hot Topic: Health Plan Analytics for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Having worked together with a number of shared health plan clients and knowing that Grow Forward is also working in the Accountable Care space, MEDai (an Elsevier company) approached Grow Forward to join them in speaking to a group of … Continue reading

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Shared Learning & Best Practice: A critical relationship between the business case and the amount of value derived from an analytics system

Business Problem 1:  “My business case for an analytics system is having difficulty in getting funding approval by our executive committee.” Business Problem 2:  “We are concerned because we are not seeing enough value being generated from our analytics system.  … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Healthcare Analytics Blog by Grow Forward!

This blog is designed to share insights, hot topics and best practices related to how analytics are being used to drive decision making in healthcare organizations.  We invite you to follow us as we continue to promote a shared learning … Continue reading

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