Healthcare providers and health plans are increasingly turning to business intelligence and the data warehouse to unleash the power data. This is a relief since poor data quality increases uncertainty and risk with an ultimate impact on care outcomes, efficiency, regulatory compliance, and financial effectiveness. I’ve said it time and time again (and have heard […]
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Driving Profitability Through UnTapped Healthcare Data
I read a report from Modern Healthcare last week, which analyzed Fitch Ratings showing that healthcare organizations that implemented Health IT also had improved quality and higher profitability. The report showed that these investments in Health IT were integral to these quality and profitability achievements. The key word is efficiency. When hospitals use technology they […]
Data Driven Scorecard Could Cure Health Plan Cost Concerns
A recent HIMSS Analytics white paper showed that using clinical data to decrease costs was a top concern for health plans. Respondents emphasized the importance of becoming more strategic with regard to both individual patient data and data that relates to groups of patients in identified geographies. In comparison to health providers, health plans are […]
Using Core Measures to Jump-Start Enterprise Analytics
Today I spoke in a webinar entitled “Using Core Measures to Jump-Start Enterprise Analytics”. During this presentation I covered a number of topics around business intelligence in healthcare and specifically around an approach called targeted analytics. I reviewed some of the options available today to healthcare organizations and provided an example of building an enterprise […]
Caring for Patients Means Caring for their Master Data
The complexity of medicine and the lack of common standards, practices and clinical vocabularies across the healthcare system makes getting clean clinical data a dirty task. There are many applications across a healthcare system that rely on master data, and a single error can have a far-reaching impact. In many businesses, errors in master data […]
What’s the Best Approach to Healthcare Business Intelligence?
Business Intelligence for healthcare is a hot topic right now. Just about every list of top priorities for healthcare organizations includes business intelligence or analytics. This was evident during the recent HIMSS Conference, where the number of options presented by vendors was impressive. So this begs the question: “What is the best approach for implementing […]
Business Intelligence Requirements Under Meaningful Use
While other industries have been taking advantage of the power of Business Intelligence for the past two decades, healthcare has largely lagged behind. Recent KLAS research estimates that fewer than 100 U.S. hospital systems have enterprise data warehouses and sophisticated reporting tools at their disposal for use in clinical systems. Trending of public sentiment within […]
Increased Access to Data Increases Patient Satisfaction
I recently read that 78% of patients believe EHRs boost care. What was my reaction to this news? I immediately thought, “Just wait until patients see what all of the technologies that EHRs enable can do.” Business intelligence is a perfect example. Data warehouses and data analytics provide physicians with the tools and technologies they […]
Healthcare Analytics and Meaningful Use with VIDEO
Perficient interviewed Janice McCallum, Managing Director of Healthcare Content Advisors, at the 2011 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition. Janice spoke of the impact that meaningful use has on healthcare analytics. Meaningful use creates the infrastructure and content that allow for increased use of business intelligence in healthcare settings. EHRs dramatically increase both the volume and integrity […]
Healthcare Analytics Come of Age at HIMSS 2011…Sorta
Looking through the sessions at HIMSS 2011, one can see a wide range of topics related to business intelligence and analytics. From different uses for BI to different types of presentation vehicles to the potential of use predictive analytics, one will not be at a loss for finding something analytics related to sink their teeth […]
Increased Focus on Governance at HIMSS 2011
As I look over the various sessions and presentations for the 2011 HIMSS conference, I’m excited to see an increased focus on data governance as a topic. At the same time, I ask myself “is it enough?” Data governance in healthcare (especially in the provider space), has often been a neglected and forgotten critical component […]
Master Patient Index: A Foundational Component to Excellence
An enterprise master patient index (EMPI) is the glue that holds together all things patient related. It provides the foundation for improved patient safety and outcomes, as well as a positive patient experience. The issue I’ve seen is that a lot of healthcare organizations don’t havea comprehensive, consistent, EMPI. So why are organizations in this […]