Insights

Explore our archive of Insight posts, featuring a wealth of News, Events, Resources, and Blog posts. We aim for these Insights to help revolutionize health trajectories, fostering more accessible, proactive, and cost-effective healthcare solutions.

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Blog

Responsible AI for Better Health Outcomes: A Conversation with Data Scientist Jacob Dodd

May 14, 2024      5 min. read

At Discern Health, we are harnessing the power of data and AI to improve health longevity and fulfillment. However, we know the responsible development and deployment of AI models, especially in healthcare, is paramount. Jacob Dodd, lead data scientist at Discern Health, guides our team to build models with responsible AI at the top of mind.

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Susan Machutt Named to Becker’s Hospital Review 2024 Women in Health IT to Know List

May 10, 2024      1 min. read

We’re happy to announce that Susan Machutt, APRN-BC, ANP, Vice President and Medical Director, has been named as one of the 2024 Women in Health IT to Know by Becker’s Hospital Review.

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Blog

Exploring the Future of Healthcare: Key Discussions from HIMSS 2024

April 3, 2024      3 min. read

Central to our team's discussions at HIMSS 2024 were the emerging technologies and their potential to revolutionize the healthcare sector through digital health innovations and cybersecurity measures. The conference underscored the critical role of technology partners in healthcare's digital transformation, highlighting how such collaborations can enhance efficiency for clinical professionals and shape the next generation of healthcare models.

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Electronic Health Records and Data Standards for Life Insurance

March 27, 2024      5 min. read

Life insurance underwriting is a notoriously difficult and historically non-standardized process, heavily impacted by the quality of the health records used to make decisions. For On The Risk, The Journal of the Academy of Life Underwriting, Dr. Paulo Pinho, Discern Health’s chief medical and strategy officer, and Andy Kramer, vice president of underwriting risk and innovation at M Financial, explored the past, present and future of electronic health records (EHRs) in life underwriting, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration between underwriters, informaticists and technologists, and how data standards will revolutionize the future of the industry.

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Data Science at Discern Health: A Conversation with VP Khurram Tehseen

March 19, 2024      3 min. read

As the Vice President of Data Science at Discern Health, Khurram Tehseen brings a wealth of experience and insight. In a recent conversation, Tehseen shared invaluable insights into the nuances of longitudinal data and its pivotal role in shaping data-driven decisions in healthcare. 

News

Meridian Analytics Rebrands to Discern Health, Focused on Human-Centric Predictive Care

February 13, 2024      3 min. read

Meridian Analytics will now be known as Discern Health, a health technology company that builds powerful predictive data models to support healthier and more fulfilling lives.

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Navigating the Digital Health Data Maze Requires the Perfect Combination of High Tech and High Touch

February 12, 2024      6 min. read

Recently, at the Metropolitan Underwriting Discussion (M.U.D.) 52nd Annual Conference, experts explored challenges and solutions in healthcare data quality, interoperability, AI integration, and the evolving roles of underwriters and healthcare providers.

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Why the Name Discern Health? A Q&A with Ben Hsieh, VP of Product

February 12, 2024      2 min. read

From Meridian Analytics to Discern Health: Utilizing longitudinal data and clinician collaboration to drive actionable outcomes, impacting real lives.

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