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by Trevor Strome April 27, 2015

Sign up for email updates before midnight on May 15th, and you could win a free copy of my book Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement, a $75.00 value! Why am I giving away a copy of my popular book Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement? I’ve just started on my next major publishing project, a […]

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Why Nurses Must Understand Analytics and Quality Improvement

by Trevor Strome April 13, 2015

In my role as a healthcare analytics and quality improvement (QI) professional (and, now an Assistant Professor with the local College of Nursing), I find myself regularly in discussions with nursing professionals regarding how analytics and QI impact their roles. A common thread in these discussions revolves around why, how, and where nurses should learn […]

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The Three Key Drivers of “Big Data” in Healthcare – Is Your Healthcare Organization Ready?

by Trevor Strome February 3, 2015

As I mention in my Q&A post “What Are the Three V’s of Big Data”, Big Data is a significant topic of conversation in Health Information Technology (HIT) because Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) need to determine how Big Data figures into their operations. The previous post cites a definition of Big Data that states, essentially, that […]

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A Primer on Healthcare Cloud Computing

by Trevor Strome January 29, 2015

The following article is a brief summary of an article that I wrote for SearchHealthIT. The National Institute for Standards and Technology defines cloud computing as “a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and […]

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What You Need to Know About Healthcare Analytics on the Cloud

by Trevor Strome January 22, 2015

This is a summary of a recent article I wrote for SearchHealthIT.com.  The promise of cloud-based analytics Because of the computing power, data storage, and network bandwidth that some modern analytics and simulations require, the healthcare industry requires cost-effective and scalable solutions. Cloud-based services offer a promising option. Many of the reporting and analytics tools used […]

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Healthcare Analytics Q&A: What Are the “Three V’s” of Big Data?

by Trevor Strome January 20, 2015

Healthcare Analytics “Q&A” Series Every day, I receive emails from readers of HealthcareAnalytics.info asking questions about healthcare analytics topics, trends, and issues. These questions arise out of posts they’ve read on this website or encountered elsewhere. Although I endeavour to answer each question individually, I’ve created this “Question & Answer” series on HealthcareAnalytics.info to provide […]

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Upcoming NIHI Seminar: Advanced Healthcare Performance Measurement

by Trevor Strome January 15, 2015

 Join me on January 29, 2015 for my National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI) web seminar entitled “Advanced Healthcare Performance Measurement“. Click here to register. About the Session The complexity of health care demands that a robust approach to measuring quality be followed. Healthcare quality and performance must be defined in terms that are quantifiable—meaning they […]

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Six Ways to Improve the Usefulness of Data Visualizations in Healthcare

by Trevor Strome January 13, 2015

  Improve decision-making with data visualization Data visualization is an important way to communicate information quickly and effectively. In fact, data visualization is one of the key principles that contribute to effective decision-making in healthcare organizations. In recognition of this, many business intelligence (BI) and data analysis software packages provide sophisticated data visualization capabilities. These […]

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Strategic Analytics Framework for Leveraging Data and Health Information Systems

by Trevor Strome January 5, 2015

Healthcare analytics and IT are progressing rapidly Healthcare analytics is a rapidly advancing field. Healthcare organizations (HCOs) along with the analysts, data scientists, and Information Technology (IT) professionals who work in them are faced with myriad choices regarding how best to meet the information and decision-making needs of administrators and, most importantly, clinical staff working […]

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Keeping Security and Privacy Top-Of-Mind when Using Healthcare Data

by Trevor Strome November 17, 2014

Healthcare organizations are always working to improve the quality of their care and the efficiency of their business operations. Data analytics for these clinical quality improvement efforts require access to data for determining process baseline performance, detecting trends and patterns in quality based on key indicators, and simulating potential outcomes of new processes and workflows. […]

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