Discussion focuses on analytics’ role in reforming the healthcare industry

Austin, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/02/2012 -- What: The Science of Better podcast series has released a new podcast, Crunching the Numbers, in which Ayata CEO, Atanu Basu, explains how Prescriptive Analytics® is going to help reform the U.S. healthcare system. The 2010 Affordable Care Act has generated strong debate about healthcare in America. This debate includes the need to replace a volume-based system, one in which healthcare providers bill by the number of services provided, with a value-based approach which ties payment to better health. This podcast describes how big data and advanced analytics will significantly improve decision making – and thus outcomes – to help the healthcare industry transform from "sick care" to "health care."

Where: The podcast can be accessed at the listener's convenience on Ayata's website at http://www.ayata.com/company/news-events/55-news-2012-02

Who: The Science of Better podcast series offers insights into the way that mathematics, analytics, and operations research affect people and organizations. Business executives, analysts, IT managers and healthcare professionals will all benefit.

Why Listen: This podcast provides valuable insights for healthcare professionals who are seeking ways to use their data to improve decision making, to control costs and to enhance the quality of healthcare.

About Ayata
Ayata is the leader in Prescriptive Analytics – the science of automatically synthesizing big data, mathematical sciences, business rules, and machine learning to make smarter decisions about future outcomes of business processes. Ayata' s enterprise customers use Prescriptive Analytics software to predict future outcomes of their critical business processes, prescribe decision options, and understand the impact of each decision option. Ayata's technology is adaptive and thus can continuously facilitate accurate decision-making. Ayata is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, contact Ayata at info@ayata.com, 888.982.9282, or visit http://www.ayata.com.

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Ayata Editorial Article Provides Guidance to the Healthcare Industry on the Future of Analytics and Healthcare

Austin, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/01/2012 -- Ayata has announced the availability of a new collaborative article that highlights the important role analytics will play in the healthcare industry's future. This article explores the migration of the U.S. healthcare industry from a largely fee-for service, volume-based system to a fee-for-outcome, value-based system that will require analytics to make the new model a reality. This article captures perspectives from providers, payers, pharmaceuticals, and vendors – and offers views on how the healthcare industry needs to embrace analytics to improve efficiency, access and outcomes while reducing costs.

The article can be found on Ayata's website, http://www.ayata.com.

Analytics Magazine developed the article in collaboration with Ayata, Seton Family of Hospitals, Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC), Novartis, Robert Bosch Healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente's Innovation and Advanced Technology Group.

About Ayata
Ayata is the leader in Prescriptive Analytics® – the science of automatically synthesizing big data, mathematical sciences, business rules, and machine learning to make smarter decisions about future outcomes of business processes. Ayata's enterprise customers use Prescriptive Analytics software to predict future outcomes of their critical business processes, prescribe decision options, and understand the impact of each decision option. Ayata's technology is adaptive and thus can continuously facilitate accurate decision-making. Ayata is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, contact Ayata at marketing@ayata.com, 888.982.9282, or visit http://www.ayata.com.

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