May 2010

Ad-hoc reporting is here to stay (for a while, at least), so embrace it!

by Trevor Strome May 25, 2010






Does business intelligence make ad-hoc reporting obsolete? Despite what you might hear from the business intelligence (BI) vendor community, ad-hoc reporting and analysis is not dead – especially in the healthcare field. In my current role, I am tasked with setting up a BI infrastructure to ensure that healthcare managers, directors, and other stakeholders have […]






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Understanding Your Analytics Audience

by Trevor Strome May 11, 2010






Why shouldn’t every Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard and report be a tour de force, showcasing the skills of the BI developer and capabilities of the technologies used? As BI developers become more skilled, and BI systems become more feature-filled, there is the danger of “showing off” and, ultimately, reducing the impact that BI has on […]






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Opening Doors to Innovation and Collaboration (Part I)

by Trevor Strome May 4, 2010






This is the first in a three-part series that explores how healthcare analytics is opening doors to unique collaboration opportunities that foster creativity and innovation. Introduction I was participating in a research meeting at which there were an unusual set of participants, including a PhD epidemiologist, an Emergency Physician, and an Agricultural Meteorologist. We were […]






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