From Data To Decisions: Developing An Analytics-Driven Culture

Healthcare organizations are feeling pressure from all sides – legislators, end-users and industry leaders – to make the transformation to coordinated care based on insightful use of data. The affordable care directive challenges healthcare organizations to swap pay-for-service for pay-for-outcome models, fulfill Meaningful Use criteria, form ACOs, embrace ICD-10, employ value-based purchasing, and eliminate waste. Meanwhile, technology is changing expectations of patients and healthcare employees alike in terms of how organizations interact with them and how care is administered and received. How can healthcare organizations adapt to this emerging business model while maintaining operational status quo? By John Backhouse, executive director of the Omni Program, Information Builders