Dashboards 2.0

Abstract

Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha has developed an Analytics program that addresses a variety of clinical, administrative and financial data needs throughout the organization. Over 40 dashboards have been developed that extract and analyze data from Children’s inpatient and ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) and associated financial systems. Using off-the-shelf business intelligence technology, these dashboards can be accessed throughout the organization by anyone with a web browser and the appropriate security clearance. Instead of static paper or spreadsheet-based reports, the dashboards allow the user to filter, sort and analyze the data on-the-fiy, letting them answer questions they hadn’t even thought of when the dashboard was designed. The information technology department (IT) isn’t the data gatekeeper anymore—the dashboard users are empowered to come up with creative ways to examine a problem and develop equally creative solutions