MicroHIS mobile app — “It’s one of those low-hanging fruits.”
CPOE — “the next big leap”
The biggest MU 2 hurdle
Off-the-shelf vs self-developed solutions
“When we talk about strategy, that’s what differentiates us.”
WebHIS call queue
Eyeing data analytics
Eric Yablonka, VP & CIO, University of Chicago Medicine, Chapter 2
Michael Martz, CIO, Meadville Medical Center, Chapter 3
Data Security Without Alcatraz
Like many organizations, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s current state for data, reporting, business intelligence and analytics is emergent rather than designed. Information Services (IS) manages the transactional systems producing data, but it never has had the infrastructure or the capacity to respond to all information needs across the enterprise. To meet demand, it began distributing data […]
Bernie Clement, CIO, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Chapter 1
The Role Of Technology In Breaking Down Silos Between Finance and QI
I have been leading the QI data analytic team at Cincinnati Children’s for more than four years. This team has developed expertise and systems around managing data and deploying analytic methods for patient-centered improvement opportunities in areas such as safety, wait times, and disease outcomes. The QI data analytic team has never tackled cost in […]
Swivel Chairs and Shared Screens: How Physical Proximity Can Boost Productivity
“The single thing that has most boosted my productivity this year has been having Matt sit next to me.” The person speaking was one of my senior healthcare analytic professionals. She handles the patient safety portfolio, which includes measures that are populated with “difficult data.” For example, if the goal is to reduce hospital-acquired conditions, […]
Breaking It Down Before Building Up: What CIOs Need to Know About EDWs
My name is Yiscah Bracha, and I am a healthcare analytics professional. I have an MS in Statistics, and a Ph.D. in Health Services Research, with more than 20 years of experience deploying analytic methods to help physicians understand how to improve their patients’ health outcomes and care. You may be thinking about implementing an […]
Orange Juice, Napoleon, And Analytics
There are lots of messages filling up my voice mailbox from folks wanting to sell me something they call ‘Analytics.’ Some tell me I need to buy a data warehouse. Others say I need dashboards. One guy insists I really need his company’s data model. I’m old, tired, and confused, so I decided to develop my own framework for […]
What Does Actionable Data Actually Mean?
“Actionable data” is a term that has been tossed around for years, right? How many times have you heard this: “The key to analytics success is providing actionable data.” Okay, but what does that mean, really? Here I am, a data warehouse and analytics design guy… how can I measure whether the systems I design […]