Forecast Health and University of North Carolina Health Care Form a Strategic Agreement

Durham, NC, United States, January 28, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Forecast Health, the company that brings actionable and affordable predictive analytics solutions to hospital systems, announces a collaborative agreement with University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care. As part of the agreement, UNC Health Care and Forecast Health will develop predictive models and services that enable health care providers to deliver more personalized health care and improve healthcare quality for their patients. The software models allow physicians and patients to identify factors that might influence a patient’s health risks or overall health outcomes.

“The opportunity for predictive analytics in health care is tremendous,” said Jason Burke, Senior Advisor at the UNC Health Care and School of Medicine Center for Innovation, “Health systems today are striving for new ways to optimize each patient’s individual care experience and outcomes.  When physicians and their patients have actionable, easy-to-understand information earlier, they are able to make much better decisions, so we are excited to work with Forecast Health to develop those types of insights.”

Michael Cousins, PhD, President and Chief Analytics Officer at Forecast Health added, “The combination of rich data and advanced analytical methods can provide clinicians with key information about a patient’s risks.  For example, we can prompt a care manager to consider whether the patient would benefit from a home health assessment.”

With this agreement UNC Health Care plans to help Forecast Health develop a variety of predictive models, dashboards, and patient rosters to deliver quality care across a broad spectrum of clinical areas.

About UNC Health Care

UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit integrated health care system, owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill.  UNC Health Care consists of 2700 hospital beds across 8 main hospitals in North Carolina, plus 5 hospitals at the main campus at Chapel Hill.  In addition, UNC Health Care has a network of primary care and specialty physician practices that care for over 800,000 patients each year.  Learn more about UNC Health Care at www.unchc.org.

About Forecast Health

Forecast Health was founded in 2014 by a seasoned team with experience in care delivery, health care analytics and big data technologies.  Forecast Health is based in Durham, NC.  Learn more at www.forecasthealth.com or contact them at [email protected].