Courtesy of Market Watch
Lancet's healthcare
practice leader provides a key source of knowledge and advice for
healthcare leaders considering BI investment
Expanding federal regulations require that healthcare
organizations access, analyze and report on their data. "Healthcare
Business Intelligence," the first book to address business
intelligence (BI) as it relates to healthcare, helps leaders use BI
and data warehousing to meet these requirements. The book, written
by Lancet healthcare practice leader Laura Madsen, will be
published by Wiley on Sept. 4, 2012.
Rather than provide another technical manual on business
intelligence, Madsen shares the five "tenets" of healthcare
business intelligence, then explores them in-depth. The book offers
tips for creating a BI team, identifies initial priorities,
provides tools and techniques to get started and explains how to
maintain support and momentum in a BI program.
Healthcare organizations house unique data with unique
data requirements, such as those prescribed by the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as administrative
mandates from the Department of Health and Human Services. The
privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) further complicate how
healthcare data is managed.
Madsen encourages healthcare leaders to tread lightly to avoid
mistakes in healthcare BI, but also encourages them to treat their
data as an asset, not a liability.
Leaders who read "Healthcare Business Intelligence" will
be able to:
Articulate the best practices of business intelligence and
data warehousing for healthcare Assess their organizations'
preparedness to adopt BI Create a shared corporate lexicon
Operationalize a BI program Build supporting processes and
infrastructures to support a BI program today and in the future
Present the value proposition and return on investment (ROI) for
approval Proactively market the BI program to stakeholders
Title: Healthcare Business Intelligence: A Guide to
Empowering Successful Data Reporting and Analytics
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: Sept. 4, 2012
For more information: http://healthcarebi-thebook.com ;
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118217802.html
Advance copies are available to news media upon
request.
ABOUT LAURA MADSEN
Founder of the Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit and
international keynote speaker on healthcare BI, Laura brings more
than a decade of experience in BI and data warehousing for
healthcare and a passion for engaging and educating the BI
community. Laura leads the healthcare practice for Lancet, a
leading BI consulting firm headquartered in Minneapolis, working
with key accounts across the country in the provider, payer, and
healthcare manufacturing markets. Laura is a frequent contributor
to the healthcare channel on the BeyeNETWORK and is a BI blogger at
Lancet.
ABOUT LANCET
As one of the leading MicroStrategy(R) partners in the
world, Lancet helps IT professionals and business leaders define,
build, manage and learn the discipline of Business Intelligence --
and excel at its application. More than 100 clients around the
globe rely on Lancet for BI strategy, project execution, platform
administration and training. More at: www.lancetsoftware.com .
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