Author Archives: Bryan Bennett

Predictive Analytics World Chicago 2016 Recap

Category : Analytics Data Management General

I attended Predictive Analytics World in Chicago the week of June 20 to June 23. I met a lot of new people and was reacquainted with several other colleagues. As I listened to 2 days of workshops and the pre- and post-conference workshops, some common themes emerged. Most of these themes confirmed what I have been touching on in the presentations I’ve made at conferences over the last few years and discussed in my book, Competing On Healthcare Analytics, but it was reassuring to hear the same concepts presented by others.

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Ready to Become a Population Health Analytics Competitor?

Category : Analytics Healthcare Leadership

The healthcare industry generally recognizes the need for population health management. It has the potential to save lives, improve health and save money. A key component of population health management is analytics. But, as widely accepted as the need for population health management is the fact that most don’t know where to start. A survey of healthcare executives by Stoltenberg Consulting revealed that 41% of respondents identified data analytics and business intelligence as a priority for the year 2015. The problem is that 84% of them have questions about where to start their implementation efforts.

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The Foundational Approach to Population Health Analytics

Category : Analytics Data Management Healthcare Leadership

The rate of change in the healthcare industry has been staggering. From Electronic Health Records to ICD-10 to Population Health, few industries have undergone such change in such a short amount of time. The silver lining in this change is the treasure trove of digital data, which will enable providers to analyze and compare information across thousands of patients instead of relying on the anecdotal evidence they previously used.

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Challenges to Implementing Healthcare Analytics

Category : Healthcare Leadership

Executive Summary

During a workshop at the Healthcare Analytics Symposium held in Chicago in July, a study was conducted by the Healthcare Center of Excellence (healthcarecoe.org) to determine what the participants perceived were the top challenges they faced in implementing analytics at their healthcare organization. The participants included people from all levels of healthcare organizations from locations across the country. Each participant was asked to identify up to 5 challenges they faced in implementing healthcare analytics. They were also asked to then work in a group and develop 3 solutions to overcome the top challenges they identified. While the challenges facing healthcare analytics implementation may not surprise anyone, the ranking of the challenges might receive some unexpected attention.

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Start With Champions, Not Antagonists – Like the Dancing Shirtless Guy

Category : General Leadership

This article very interesting and contrary point of view towards leadership. Mr. Murphy is right on target though and his concepts are proven by watching how a dancing shirtless guy (see video below) creates a (change) movement. It’s uncanny how dead on he is. The ‘first follower’ would be the same as the champion. Enjoy.

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Social Leadership Lessons from a Man in a Bow Tie

Category : General Leadership

In May, I attended the Integrate 2015 Conference sponsored by the West Virginia University’s Integrated Marketing Communications graduate program. This is the fifth year for this conference which has gotten better each year. I’ve been an adjunct professor in the program since 2008 and have attended all but one conference. This year featured many outstanding presentations on promotions, public relations, content marketing and so on. The presentations included speakers from Coca-Cola, SeaWorld, RCA Records and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Reflections from a Class Reunion

Category : General Leadership

Last weekend, I attended my graduate school reunion. I was looking forward to this reunion since I missed my class’ last reunion 5 years ago. I’m not going to tell you which reunion it was, but it was more than 10 years and less than 50. Later in this story, I’ll relay a humorous situation that occurred which should give you a hint on the number of years.

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The Importance of Adding a Data Strategy to Your Business Strategy

Category : Data Management General

A business strategy is something that is considered sacred by most companies. Offsite meetings with top executives are held to prepare and discuss the strategy. The business strategy usually goes through several iterations before it is presented to the Board of Directors for review and approval. Sales are discussed. Marketing plans are floated. Production/Purchasing is scheduled. IT gets new hardware and software. Data is…

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Process – The Neglected Continuum in Healthcare

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Category : Healthcare

OVERVIEW  |  METHODOLOGY  |  RESULTS  |  CONCLUSIONS  |  COMMENTARY

OVERVIEW
Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions have been much maligned. They havedoc8c been credited for everything that is right and blamed for everything that is wrong about healthcare. CEOs and CIOs have lost their jobs over failed implementations. Recently an EHR was partially blamed for allowing a patient to leave a Texas hospital with the Ebola virus. People would be better served looking at the total roadmap for any technology transformation which includes 3 interrelated continuums – technology, people and process and recognize the EHR is actually just part of the solution.

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Six Myths About Business Intelligence

Category : Analytics Data Management

An effective business intelligence (BI) strategy is one of the most powerful tools available to companies today. It enables companies to better monitor and track the state of the business by providing the user with actionable information which can lead to better decisions. BI provides for data consistency since it is accessed through a common platform versus the disparate applications (ERP, CRM, HR, etc.) the data is derived from. Thus the information is timelier as it is typically accessed in real-time or near real-time.

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