Custom development with vendors
Outgrowing the homegrown data warehouse — “Queries would often take days to come back.”
Data tools from IBM, Informatica & MicroStrategy
Teaming up with Partners to let clinicians “dig a little deeper”
Getting IT “out of the middle”
Data governance steering committee
An Uphill Climb: Applying Military Intelligence To Manage Data At Intermountain
[Below is the latest in a blog series in which Dale Sanders explores the “combination of fate, luck, planning and preparation that rolls together and creates a career.” Click to read Part 1 and Part 2] My search for the leading healthcare organizations in computer-aided decision-making that met the time-critical and life-critical requirements didn’t last very long. There […]
From Nuclear Warfare To Healthcare, Part 2: Thawing Cold War Leads To A Career Change
[Below is the latest in a blog series in which Dale Sanders explores the “combination of fate, luck, planning and preparation that rolls together and creates a career.” Click here for Part 1.] In the mid and late 1980s, we (members of the US Air Force Strategic Air Command battle staff) were seeing evidence in national […]
The 7 Simple Practices Of Data Governance
Data is now one of the most valuable assets in any healthcare organization, especially as we transition into a more analytically driven industry. Data is the longest lasting asset in any organization, outliving facilities, devices and people. In the past few years, as the value and longevity of data have become better realized, the term […]
The Superpower That CIOs Can Harness To Become Analytic Heroes
As Vi Shaffer of Gartner said in her Fall 2012 CHIME keynote, “The ‘I’ in CIOs of the future stands for analytics.” All of us quietly yearn to be heroes, and CIOs are no exception. We want to harness the power of information technology to dramatically improve healthcare quality and costs. Despite their privileged position […]
Frank DiSanzo, CIO, St. Peter’s Healthcare System, Chapter 3
From Governance to Standards: Data Warehousing Decoded
Dale Sanders, CIO mentor and senior technology advisor for the Cayman Islands HSA, tackles data warehousing by providing answers to key questions, from what type of governance structure is needed to which core dimensions of analysis are most important. He also breaks down the four data models and talks about buy-in […]
Big Data, Huge Hype: A Realistic Look At How To Prepare Your Organization
The Power of Clinical Advisors, Part 2: Putting The Horse Back In Front
The FDRHPO isn’t immune to the mistake of “putting the cart before the horse.” Before the formation of the PEC, we built a state-of-the-art, region-wide, fiber optic network connecting medical facilities in five counties — a network that, until recently, was underutilized. We continue to seek applications for the solution […]