Healthcare organizations understand the need for business intelligence and healthcare analytics. However, there still seems to be a lot of...
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3 Takeaways from HIMSS17
We are back from a successful HIMSS17 show in Orlando. During the conference, I spent much of my time on the show floor, talking to leaders of...
Data Driven Decisions (continued)
Data-driven decisions as a driver for change As part of its long-term strategy, WMHS had simultaneously implemented both a new electronic health...
Data-Driven Decisions and the Learning Health System
As a healthcare leader trying to navigate the path to patient-centered, quality-focused care, you’re doing your best to drive change through your...
How to Get Physicians On Board with Performance Measurement
Spiraling healthcare costs and an expanding emphasis on outcomes are shining a spotlight on the physician, who directly influences almost two-thirds...
5 Successful Strategies For Effective Population Analytics
Healthcare organizations that have achieved success with population health have discovered that implementing the necessary supporting analytics...
4 Lessons Learned from HIMSS16
With the books closed on HIMSS16, I have been reflecting on the lessons learned from seemingly countless keynotes, education sessions and showcases,...
A Deeper Look at the KLAS Enterprise Healthcare BI Report – Focusing on Outcomes
This week KLAS released its annual Enterprise Healthcare BI research report. The theme of the 2016 edition of the report is “The Search for...
Group Health Outcomes: Analytics and the Road to Excellence in the Real World of Healthcare
In my last two blog posts, I talked about analytics in the real world of healthcare. The first post discussed how hospitals can reduce quality...
Analytics in the Real World of Healthcare: Improving Surgical Outcomes
We hear a lot about the promise of healthcare analytics, but what is actually being done on the front lines that is making a difference right now?...
Analytics in the Real World of Healthcare: Reducing Quality Variation to Lower Costs
The world of technology has its “hype cycle” and analytics is by no means immune from exaggerated claims and premature projections into the future....
Every Datum Tells a Story – Don’t It?
OK, let’s get the “big data thing” out of the way first. Healthcare data is already pretty big -- and getting bigger all the time. The rise of...
Analytics = Data in Motion (An Alternative Approach to the Data Warehouse)
The experience of organizations that have led the way in applying business intelligence and analytics technology to healthcare information suggests...
Lessons Learned from a “Quick Win” Approach to BI
In previous blog posts, we’ve discussed how to chart a roadmap for business intelligence (BI) success in healthcare, and we’ve examined how focusing...
Polishing the Stone – Where to Start with Healthcare Analytics
The world of healthcare is changing at an accelerating pace, and navigating it as a healthcare provider requires agility. There are three main...
Healthcare BI: 4 Ways to Achieve ROI in 12 Months (Or Less)
In the earlier blog post, “Charting a Roadmap for BI Success in Healthcare,” I discussed how the healthcare landscape is changing, and how business...
Charting a Roadmap for BI Success in Healthcare
The evolving healthcare landscape has created a national conversation around the increasing importance of data and analytics. Health systems have...
Do You Know Your Physicians’ Practice Patterns?
We’ve written a lot about the importance of physician performance measurement, and of course, it’s a big focus for us since we have an application...
3 Reasons Why Dimensional Insight’s New Agreement with Epic is Important
Today, we announced a significant agreement with Epic, a powerhouse in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) market. The agreement provides for...