Quality Improvement

Effective Communication of Healthcare Metrics

by Trevor Strome April 18, 2010

Business Intelligence (BI) and data visualizatiaon commentator Stephen Few recently posted a blog entry entitled, “The Vicious Cycle of Data Impoverishment“. In it he raises the fact that despite “advances” in visualization technology, data which is intended to be communicated via dashboards and other BI/analytics tools is not always presented in clear, accurate, and meaningful […]

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How Tactical Use of Analytics Helps Achieve Strategic Performance Goals

by Trevor Strome March 30, 2010

There is no doubt that executive or strategic dashboards can be considered the “sexy” healthcare Business Intelligence (BI) application of today (that is, until predictive analytics tools begin to proliferate). In fact, many posts on this website will be dedicated to ensuring that analytic applications help communicate and track progress on organizational strategies. Well deployed […]

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How are scorecards and dashboards different?

by Trevor Strome February 14, 2010

The terms “scorecard” and “dashboard” are very often used interchangeably, even though practice may be viewed as technically incorrect by “purists”. One of the best descriptions of the difference between the two terms comes from Wayne Eckerson’s book “Performance Dashboards – Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing your Business.” The main difference between a scorecard and dashboard […]

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