Providers lag behind payers in big data and analytics

Healthcare organizations lag behind payers in adopting big data and analytics technology, according to a report published by IDC Health Insights, a research firm based in Framingham, Mass.

In particular, providers are less likely than payers to have adopted governance for big data and analytics or use data management or analytics solutions.

On the whole, neither payers nor providers rank big data and analytics as high on their IT initiatives, yet many of their initiatives require such technology and they have shared views of its benefits, according to the report.

"Healthcare providers are not likely to catch up in their investments or in the maturity of big data and analytics until at least 2015, when they can turn their attention away from Meaningful Use," Cynthia Burghard, research director, accountable care IT strategies, IDC Health Insights, said.

More information on the report is available here.