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SAS has launched SAS Health, an end-to-end enterprise solution focused on healthcare analytics and data automation.
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SAS Health is powered by a common health data model with predefined mappings to industry standards.
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SAS' introduction of SAS Health is part of its $1 billion commitment to invest in AI-powered industry solutions over the next three years.
SAS, a globally renowned leader in AI and analytics, has recently unveiled SAS Health, an innovative end-to-end enterprise solution designed for analytics and data automation in the healthcare sector. This innovative platform streamlines health data management, enhances data governance and expedites the generation of valuable patient insights.
Within the healthcare industry, the cumbersome process of consolidating data from various systems and formats has been a significant impediment in the development and deployment of scalable healthcare analytic solutions that can benefit both individuals and communities. The patient insights generated through these analytics, ranging from the proactive identification of gaps in clinical staffing to the visualization of screening center distribution relative to the patient population, enable healthcare systems to gauge the quality of each patient interaction and make positive contributions to the care of individuals with complex chronic conditions.
In pursuit of a solution to the challenge of providing healthcare providers and payers with centralized, secure, and analytics-optimized data,
SAS Health is powered by a common health data model with predefined mappings to widely recognized industry standards. With just a few secure connection details entered, customers can rapidly embark on addressing the most critical aspects of enhancing patient care.
Leveraging the capabilities of the analytics and AI platform SAS Viya, SAS Health facilitates the swift extraction of actionable insights, all while ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations.
Gail Stephens, VP of Health Care and Life Sciences at SAS, commented, "Having one consistent, common data model built on a powerful advanced analytics platform is pivotal for hospital systems and the future of health care delivery. SAS Health offers an extraordinary opportunity to advance patient care and treatment through improved efficiencies in data and analytics frameworks, which ultimately will allow health care payers and providers to deliver better outcomes, more quickly."
[Source: Cision PR Newswire]
SAS Health's common health data model on SingleStore will serve as a central hub for integrating diverse health data with financial, clinical, and operational information, offering an efficient and adaptable approach that reduces costs and simplifies data accessibility. The cloud-native solution will streamline the ingestion of data from multiple industry standards, commencing with the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), all in a no-code/low-code format.
The global adoption of the FHIR industry data standard, which delineates how healthcare information can be exchanged among various computer systems, continues to grow. Prominent electronic health record (EHR) companies are swiftly embracing FHIR, and in the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have mandated its use.
The introduction of SAS Health is one of the outcomes of SAS' recent commitment to invest $1 billion in AI-powered industry solutions over the next three years. This investment, announced in May 2023, builds upon SAS' decades-long dedication to providing tailored solutions for various industries, including government, banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, telecommunications, media, and more, to address their unique challenges effectively.