George Dealy, Author at Dimensional Insight

Practical Analysis: The Next Chapter

by George Dealy | May 21, 2020 | General BI

The “Practical Analysis” blog series is dedicated to answering the questions: “So what is analysis anyway?” and “How can I apply it in my world?”...

Exploratory Data Analysis Part 2: Helping You Make Better Decisions

by George Dealy | Oct 11, 2019 | General BI

In my first post on exploratory data analysis (EDA), I discussed why it’s important to get a “sense” for the data you’re working with before...

Practical Analysis: Understanding Visualization Concepts

by George Dealy | Sep 19, 2019 | General BI

We humans like pictures. We’re wired to process images quickly and effectively. The evolution of those capabilities over thousands of years has...

How Exploratory Data Analysis Helps You Generate Meaningful Insights

by George Dealy | Aug 1, 2019 | General BI

Too much data and not enough useful information is one of the great paradoxes of the era of large scale, pervasive computing. Improving that balance...

Practical Analysis – The Foundation of Analytics Knowledge

by George Dealy | Jul 19, 2019 | General BI

The original idea for the “Practical Analysis” blog series came from a seemingly simple question: “What is analysis?” Answering that question took...

Accountable Care: The Next Frontier of Value-Based Care

by George Dealy | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthcare

In my recent series of posts, I’ve been exploring various approaches to value-based care (VBC). Here I’ll delve into Accountable Care Organizations...

3 Steps Toward Success in Healthcare Analytics

by George Dealy | Nov 19, 2018 | Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are making significant investments in data analytics – an estimated $11 billion last year, forecast to surpass $30 billion...

Using Data to Navigate the Value-Based Care Journey

by George Dealy | Nov 13, 2018 | Healthcare

Lately, I have been thinking about the transition to value-based care in terms of a journey and envisioning an automobile dashboard as a means for...

How to Build a Data Foundation that Supports Value-Based Care

by George Dealy | Oct 29, 2018 | Healthcare

Trust is the foundation of all good relationships—and not just between people. Trust in data is essential for healthcare organizations. This is...

Navigating the Path to Value-Based Care

by George Dealy | Oct 15, 2018 | Healthcare

The ground is shifting beneath the feet of healthcare leaders. The United States is inexorably moving toward value-based care, requiring healthcare...

How Data-Driven Decisions Can Drive Changes in Healthcare

by George Dealy | Aug 13, 2018 | Healthcare

In healthcare, the phrase “data-driven decision making” is a popular one, meant to describe how organizations integrate objective information to...

Four Lessons from Florence Nightingale, the Mother of HC Analytics

by George Dealy | Dec 14, 2017 | Healthcare

Healthcare analytics. Data visualization. Population health. Buzz continues to build around these terms as we look ahead to 2018. But looking back,...

How to Harness the Power of Pictures in Analytics

by George Dealy | Dec 1, 2017 | General BI

As an analyst, you can perform the most sophisticated analysis and draw the most compelling conclusions, but without a way to share these with...

How to Separate Noise from Meaning in Big Data

by George Dealy | Nov 17, 2017 | General BI

When we rely on data to make decisions, how do we tell what is a meaningful signal and what is merely noise? Data is neither, in and of itself, as...

In Baseball and in Business: “Adapt or Die”

by George Dealy | Nov 9, 2017 | General BI

November 1, 2017, may someday be remembered as the date that analytics irrevocably took over baseball. That’s when the Houston Astros won the World...

Practical Analysis: Our Statistical Toolbox

by George Dealy | Oct 26, 2017 | General BI

In Part I of my Practical Analysis series on analysis and statistics, I talked about statistical concepts. Understanding the concepts is essential,...