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· Oct 21, 2015 2m read

Solving the Problem of Data Silos: Process and Architecture

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Introduction

The lack of visibility across data silos — data sources that are not integrated with enterprise systems — is a threat to business efficiency and profits in many industries. In financial services, front-office silos may develop where operations are segregated by product and region without coordination on data model design. Mergers and acquisitions may result in additional disparate silos, or regulations may require that data in one arm of the firm be inaccessible to another. When risk managers and compliance officers in financial services firms cannot see how activities in one silo are related to activities in another, the chance of rogue risk-taking, rate manipulation, or financial fraud is high. This May 2015 headline is just one example of the consequences: “Five global banks to pay $5.7 billion in fines over rate rigging.”

Most firms have risk and crime prevention operations aimed at forestalling such headline events. But the applications they use cannot give them a clear line of sight into the data across all of the firm’s silos. Without this awareness, it is nearly impossible to recognize anomalies and make adjustments before they become larger problems. Despite the best efforts of risk managers and compliance officers, negative events still occur.

This white paper describes a data line-of-sight solution based on InterSystems Ensemble® technology. It illustrates how you can gain visibility into data and activity across all of your silos to reduce the risk of negative events.

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· Oct 21, 2015 1m read

Strategies For Rapid Development of New Applications

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InterSystems encourages the adoption of a flexible, practical approach to application development, rather than strict adherence to one of the prevalent development theories. This paper offers advice based upon our experience. However needs, attitudes, and styles vary; we recommend that each programmer choose the development approach that works best for them. Caché supports a wide range of development methodologies, not just those recommended here.

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· Oct 21, 2015 2m read

Collaboration Is the Key for Health Plans in a Shared Risk Environment

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Information Sharing Enables Health Plans to Leverage Data and Analytical Assets to Deliver Sustained Value

Executive Summary

The shared-risk payment models that are central to health reform all require tight coordination among payers, providers, and patients if they are to succeed. As payers and providers enter into more and more such agreements, they need to enhance success by communicating and collaborating more effectively with their partners and actively engaging, supporting, and empowering their members.

To foster this collaboration and engagement, payer organizations must make critical decisions about technology and solutions that will provide timely, comprehensive information at the point of care. This will enable providers to make better clinical decisions and members to better understand and manage their health.

Delivering the right actionable information for risk mitigation is challenging. Health plans and providers have extensive investments in data and analytic assets. Yet neither party in most risk-sharing agreements has the full picture, and there is often no efficient mechanism for getting the information to those involved in clinical decisions in a timely manner to optimize care delivery.

Care communities of payers, providers, and patients need the right foundation to effectively connect people, organizations, and systems. That foundation includes information sharing through a secure, comprehensive health informatics platform. Information exchange builds sustainable value through enhanced care management, risk mitigation, and optimized engagement. Ultimately, health plans that invest in information exchange are able to deliver the right information in the right amount to the right person at the right time to drive the right actions by everyone involved. They deliver better health through connected care.

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· Oct 21, 2015 1m read

Using Two-Factor Authentication

#Caché #Security #Authentication

Introduction

If the administrators responsible for securing applications had their way, passwords would be long complex strings of random symbols, and users would memorize different passwords for every application they use. But in the real world, few people are capable of such prodigious feats of memory. The typical user can only remember a handful of relatively short passwords.

That’s why an increasing number of applications are requiring two-factor authentication. In addition to asking for a password (something the user knows), applications can be configured to ask for a supplementary password delivered in real time via a device (something the user has). Two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of assurance that the person logging on to an application is, in fact, who he or she claims to be.

This paper outlines how InterSystems supports two-factor authentication in all of our products.

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· Oct 21, 2015 1m read

Accelerating Clinical Trials Through Shared Access to Patient Records

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Improved Access to Clinical Data Across Hospitals and Systems Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Reduce Delays and the Costs Associated With Bringing New Treatments to Market

Executive Summary

The pharmaceutical and life sciences industry has a strategic imperative to accelerate clinical research in order to reduce overall R&D costs while delivering innovative treatments.1 Yet virtually all pharmaceutical manufacturers and contract research organizations (CROs) recognize that the limited quantity and quality of available patient data are fundamental problems that have led to escalating costs and delays in clinical trials for new drugs and treatments.

The underlying problem is accessing and sharing connected, comprehensive, and credible patient records across hospitals, healthcare organizations, communities, and countries.

The answer is to provide the clinical trials ecosystem with a foundational health informatics platform and complementary solutions that enable researchers to access and use clinical data from hospitals and other healthcare providers. With such a solution in place, clinical researchers can more quickly evaluate protocol feasibility, identify and recruit viable patient candidates for trials, track patients enrolled in clinical trials, and conduct efficient, accurate health surveillance and observational studies once a drug or treatment is on the market.

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