Healthcare executives anticipate predictive analytics will save 15 percent or more

Healthcare Finanace: A sizeable chunk of healthcare executives anticipate dedicating 15 percent or more of their budget to predictive analytics in 2018.

Perhaps the reason they're pledging a healthy slice of their budget is the savings potential they see in predictive analytics. Fifty-eight percent of execs say they'll save 15 percent or more over the next five years, a 5-point increase over 2017, according to a report from the Society of Actuaries.

Providers were more likely to anticipate these savings than payers, with 75 percent of provider execs foreseeing that kind of return, compared to 44 percent of payers.

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