February 2011

Moving to Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

by Trevor Strome February 25, 2011

I read an excellent article in Information Management entitled “Having Analytics May Not Be Enough”, by Soumendra Mohanty. Although the article is not specifically about analytics in healthcare, the author does make some relevant points for those who use analytics in the field of healthcare. To gain (or maintain) a competitive advantage, businesses have been […]

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Top Five Healthcare Improvement Analytics Myths – Special Report

by Trevor Strome February 18, 2011

Are your healthcare improvement efforts stalled because of a lack of evidence? Is your department, unit, or hospital drowning in data but still unable to make the right decisions? Do you have extensive reporting systems in place that seem to “miss the mark?” Analytics for healthcare improvement should result in actionable information that leads to […]

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Can Your Data Be Cool? It Better Be!

by Trevor Strome February 9, 2011

Yes it can, according to Christian Chabot, the CEO and co-founder of Tableau Software, developers of some of the most leading-edge data visualization software. In this excellent article by Stuart Miles about the opening of Tableau’s UK office, Chabot states that, “Analytics and stats might sound dull unless you’re an accountant,” but if they’re done […]

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Harness the Tsunami! How to Leverage End-User Analytics Requests.

by Trevor Strome February 6, 2011

Strategic Growth versus Growth by Aggregation I used to say that business intelligence and analytic portals would grow by “aggregation”. That is, the number of reports, dashboards, and other analytic tools within a portal would grow based on the number and type of ad-hoc requests received by the developers. Once an ad-hoc request was completed […]

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