Americans spent $3.65 trillion on healthcare in 2018 based on estimates from the U.S. Federal government actuaries. Healthcare companies, consequently, are exploring opportunities to contain the costs of healthcare while improving the quality of care. In order to deliver on this imperative, it’s important for all interested parties to understand the relationships among providers and members, especially as they pertain to the members’ journeys to wellness.
In this solution brief we describe how healthcare companies can leverage graph analytics to identify patterns that accelerate patients' journeys to wellness. We also examine how graph analytics can be used to improve profitability by comparing the costs of care within a community to benchmarks.