Data Analytics

Posting an Instagram story at work may not be as harmless as employees think.

Organizations can tap into artificial intelligence and other tools to measure the success of their diversity and inclusion efforts.

More than half of benefits leaders surveyed don’t trust the accuracy of the data they receive from health plans or vendors, while one in three struggle to connect the data they receive from various sources.

Encouraging employees to take better care of their overall health is a vital part of benefits plan design.

Doctor finder services are all supported by advertising, and a doctor may even be able to improve his positioning by paying for advertising on the site. But there is a lack of aggregate data on how successful a doctor is, in whatever procedures he or she does.

“We can see a future where over the next 10 years, most healthcare interactions will be online,” says Robin Glass, president of Doctor on Demand.

The startup will streamline efforts to analyze anonymous data to improve care, develop better therapies and drugs, and promote more equitable treatment of underrepresented groups.

Healthcare, absence and productivity data can be used to help determine what employees need most from their benefits.

Contact-tracing apps could play an important role in reviving operations by potentially preventing travelers from coming into contact with coronavirus carriers on-board a plane and at airports.

As millions of employees make the transition from well-maintained office equipment to jury-rigged kitchen table setups, information technology departments have been called upon to keep companies online and connected.

Data analytics will become more embedded in day-to-day processes specifically to provide analytics and AI insights within the flow of business.

Coders and data scientists will be hired in response to the growing demands of technology in the banking business.

Access to data and tech tools are the biggest setbacks for companies wanting to mine data for employee insights.

Tech companies discuss why blockchain is a secure way to share medical data — and why it may hold great promise in the benefits sphere.

A benefits professional shares strategies for tackling workplace stress.

Software architects, data warehouse architects and data scientists lead the pack for top salaries among the professionals working on big data projects.

A new option may help employers find quality providers who are likely to accept predetermined reimbursements.

Digital approaches such as analytics, artificial intelligence and smart phone apps aim to improve care and save money.