Focus on Quality & Efficiency of Care

Over the next 3-5 years, the healthcare industry will undergo rapid change with the implementation of the HITECH Act, Healthcare Reform, ICD-10, Health Information Exchanges (HIE), etc. The result is a significant influx in the volume and frequency of electronic data being captured, transmitted, analyzed, and reported on. The extraction, aggregation, analysis, and distribution of the metrics required within the industry will be daunting for healthcare organizations who will be assuming a greater level of financial risk should they not meet quality and efficiency guidelines.

Data Extraction Challenges

Inability to extract and manipulate data from existing clinical, financial, and operational reports or databases, which are generated by Healthcare Information Systems (HIS), clinical , financial, and laboratory systems.

End-users can only view static data and cannot filter, aggregate, sort, or manipulate and analyze their reports.

Integrating Disparate Healthcare Data

Integrating data stored in disparate data sources continues to challenge the healthcare industry. Development of reporting which incorporates integrated clinical, financial, and operational data will be required to meet several healthcare reporting challenges such as Meaningful Use and Health Information Exchanges (HIE).

Information Distribution Challenges

Providing accurate reports,, analytics, and data to end-users and external organizations such as CMS or HIE's in a consumable format and timely-manner is a big challenge within the healthcare industry.

Lack of Business Intelligence Capabilities

BI tools and solutions offer healthcare organizations an ability to intuitively interact with pre-built KPI's to find actionable intelligence to improve quality, financial performance, and operational metrics.