February 2012

Is it a Metric or a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)?

by Sarianne Gruber February 15, 2012






[Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Sarianne Gruber of SG Analytics LLC. We are happy to welcome Sarianne as a contributor to HealthcareAnalytics.info!] Beyond the numbers – measuring the right things Indentifying appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in healthcare is not a trivial task. And when it relates to improving healthcare quality and […]






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Integrating Analytics and Healthcare Quality Improvement Initiatives

by Trevor Strome February 13, 2012






Analytics alone isn’t the answer to improving healthcare In my recent Health IT Exchange article, I make the assertion that analytics alone cannot improve healthcare. Dashboards, scorecards, reports, and other information tools by themselves cannot change people’s practices. In order for real change to occur, it is necessary that analytic and Business Intelligence (BI) tools are applied […]






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Creating Great Healthcare Analytics Teams

by Trevor Strome February 3, 2012






My friend and colleague Scott Wanless recently posted an article entitled “Create a Great Healthcare Analytics Team.” In the article he breaks down the composition of particularly well-functioning healthcare analytics teams he has worked with, and describes what he feels has made them successful. One of the features I liked about Scott’s article is that he describes […]






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