December 2010

All the Best this Holiday Season!

by Trevor Strome December 21, 2010






I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the regular readers of this site for your support over this past year. As the site continues to grow and evolve, your loyalty and support has been greatly appreciated! I want to wish everyone the happiest of holiday seasons and all the best in the […]






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Daily Dose of Data Keeps Up Performance!

by Trevor Strome December 7, 2010






The readers of this blog will know that I’ve written in the past about “tactical analytics” – that level of analytics support that sits between strategic analytics and operational analytics. Of course, strategic analytics is most commonly used by healthcare executives and program leadership to monitor performance targets and facilitate resource planning. And, operational analytics […]






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Lean Primer for Healthcare Analytics Professionals – Overview

by Trevor Strome December 4, 2010






This is the first in a series of articles to enhance the role of analytics professionals in Lean Healthcare transformation initiatives. This blog series will provide the foundation analytics professionals need to develop and implement the analytics tools that are essential to launching and sustaining healthcare transformation activities. We will focus on developing appropriate visualizations, […]






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Analytics Promotes Transparency in Healthcare

by Trevor Strome December 1, 2010






Operating in Silos One of the major roadblocks to healthcare quality improvement is the tendency for Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) to operate in silos. For the most part, Emergency Departments are operated and managed separately from Medicine, Surgery, and other programs. These entrenched silos within an HCO can lead to (seemingly) competing interests, distrust, and outright […]






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