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Moments of truth: Designing for real-life patient experiences

Imagine rushing to the hospital with a life-threatening emergency and not being able to find the information you need to get there. Imagine having your child’s life hang in... Read more

Jumpstart your healthcare analytics initiative

We see them by the side of the road all of the time; those poor souls whose automobile battery has come to its inevitable mortal demise. Some chose to... Read more

The analytics elephant is sitting in the waiting room

Whether you are an ambulatory practice, an urgent care center, a hospital, an insurer, an integrated delivery system, an accountable care organization, a health information exchange, a provider hospital... Read more

The Triple Aim is right on target when supplemented by analytics

There are historical indications that the three-legged stool dates back to ancient Byzantium. This type of seating was made popular due to its low cost, ease of portability, lasting... Read more

The lowest common denominator of prescriptive analytics

Prescriptive analytics automatically synthesizes big data, mathematical sciences, business rules, and machine learning to make predictions and then suggests decision options to take advantage of the predictions. Prescriptive analytics... Read more

AP2CD™: The last healthcare acronym you will ever need

Put a freshly grilled steak between two starving dogs and it is inevitable that both canines will fight to their last breath to gain ownership of the morsel. In... Read more

Common and standardized terminology delivers trusted data for trusted analytics

Most of us are familiar with the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel.  In trying to reach the heavens, a group of people began the erection of a... Read more

Heavy lifting of data as a precursor to successful healthcare analytics

In 1953, a British expedition, led by John Hunt arrived in Nepal.  Hunt selected two climbing pairs to attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The first pair... Read more

Data marts as a sustainability strategy

Grocery chains all across this great land stumbled upon a quirk about human nature that has led to massive profits over time.  We all have a need to be... Read more

Population health as the indicator, gaps in care as the call to action

Most of you who are in the upper half of the age demographic brackets will surely remember a time when all cars came equipped with a dashboard full of... Read more