October 2010

Making Analytics Relevant to Front-line Health Care Staff

by Trevor Strome October 27, 2010






Analytics – not just for management anymore! In a busy Health Care Organization (HCO), who really cares about performance metrics and analytics? Who should care? Sure, HCO executives and unit managers probably review the reports you produce or access the dashboards you’ve built. But, are the analytics getting through to those who matter most – the […]






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Why Dashboards Aren’t Always the Answer

by Trevor Strome October 21, 2010






When used appropriately, dashboards are essential tools in the management of a healthcare organization (HCO). Dashboards can provide, at a quick glance, an overview of an HCO’s key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine progress towards meeting (or maintaining) strategic and/or tactical goals and objectives. Dashboards are not appropriate in all cases, however. Despite being the […]






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Improve decisions by focusing on processes and metrics that matter

by Trevor Strome October 13, 2010






An information feast or famine Effective decisions require accurate and timely information, yet it is often the case that healthcare decision-makers and quality improvement experts don’t have the right amount of information. Sometimes there is no information available about a certain issue because it is not being collected or is not obtainable from source systems. […]






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