Panel "Analytics in Health Care: From Insights to Outcomes" Analytics may be descriptive, predictive or prescriptive and are described as the systematic use of data and related business insights developed through applied analytical disciplines to drive fact-based decision making for planning, management, measurement and learning. Many of the challenges facing the U.S. health care system can be attributed to ineffective sharing, gathering and use of health data and information. This panel of experts will address the many facets of health care analytics and how they are being used to improve efficiency, reduce costs and make for a safer health system. Learning Objectives: ∙ Ways that analytics can guide future strategy ∙ Understand how to improve clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction ∙ How to create a culture that thrives on data and transparency ∙ Identify the tools necessary to get your data Moderator: Brian Eastwood, Senior Editor, CIO.com Mark Radlauer, MD, CMIO-Continental Division, HCA Healthcare Peter Gabriel, MD, Director of Informatics, Penn Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology John McDaniel, National Practice Leader - US Health Care Provider Market, NetApp Jay Srini, Chief Strategist, SCS Ventures, Adjunct Faculty Assistant Professor,, University of Pittsburgh, Senior Fellow and Innovation Chair, iHT² Advisory Board Member Richard Noffsinger, CEO, ActiveHealth Management Episode 7 took place at the Institute for Health Technology's annual Health IT Summit in New York, Sept. 2013