Quality Improvement

The Analytics Gap in Healthcare

by Trevor Strome May 2, 2011

Recent advances in healthcare information technology (HIT) have resulted in a massive increase in the volume and complexity of healthcare data. As HIT continues to mature and the end-users (and end-uses) become more numerous and sophisticated, the number of computerized systems deployed throughout healthcare organizations (HCOs) is increasing. And, as the number of HIT applications […]

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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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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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Towards a Data-Centered Healthcare Culture – First Steps

by Trevor Strome November 6, 2010

Is your organization data-centered? It’s a very powerful moment when you realize that the culture within your healthcare organization (HCO) is becoming data-centric. When this occurs, stakeholders at all levels (from front-line nurses to middle-management and senior executives) are interested in and actually use the information end-products available from business intelligence implementations. Information becomes important […]

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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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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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Business Intelligence + Lean = “Ah Ha” Moment

by Trevor Strome June 3, 2010

The other day, I was teaching a group of Emergency Department (ED) staff (nurses, healthcare aides, clerks, etc) the principles of Lean. This was part of our ongoing adoption of Lean Thinking in our EDs, and was especially important because of the impending move into a new ED space later this year. By coaching staff […]

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Ad-hoc reporting is here to stay (for a while, at least), so embrace it!

by Trevor Strome May 25, 2010

Does business intelligence make ad-hoc reporting obsolete? Despite what you might hear from the business intelligence (BI) vendor community, ad-hoc reporting and analysis is not dead – especially in the healthcare field. In my current role, I am tasked with setting up a BI infrastructure to ensure that healthcare managers, directors, and other stakeholders have […]

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