Healthcare Business Intelligence, + Website: A Guide to Empowering Successful Data Reporting and Analytics

by Laura B. Madsen

Solid business intelligence guidance uniquely designed for healthcare organizations Increasing regulatory pressures on healthcare organizations have created a national conversation on data, reporting and analytics in healthcare. Behind the scenes, business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) capabilities are key drivers that empower these functions. Healthcare Business Intelligence is designed as a guidebook for healthcare organizations dipping their toes into the areas of business intelligence and data warehousing. This volume is essential in how a BI capability can ease the increasing regulatory reporting pressures on all healthcare organizations. The risk associated with doing BI/DW wrong is high, and failures are well documented. Healthcare Business Intelligence helps you get it right, with expert guidance on getting your BI program started and successfully keep it going.

Genres: Health Care

336 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 2012

About the author

Laura Madsen isn't shy about her dislike for formal bios, to her they tend to come across as stuffy and disingenuous - two things Laura is absolutely not. That said, she'd be selling herself short if you knew nothing of her wealth of experience from 20+ years in healthcare data and analytics, authoring books on data governance and healthcare analytics, impassioned speeches about innovation, data governance, and the value of data in healthcare. But what’s really important to know is that Laura spends her days helping you build programs that align with the aspirational vision of today’s modern companies with the less-than-glamorous work of data management. She's a life-long learner and champion for intentional inclusion, and gender equity matters through organizations like Sistech and She Talks Data.

Laura co-founded the Minneapolis-based consulting firm Via Gurus to converge two of her biggest passions: helping companies define and execute successful data strategies and radically challenging the status quo. Laura lives in Minnesota with her husband, son, and fur-baby.

Reviews

[Doug Lautzenheiser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laura Madsen's book provides a good primer on the topic of business intelligence data and software for the healthcare industry.

She defines "BI" and the major tenets of using that for healthcare. In addition to the main book material, Laura provides a full appendix of useful information as well as a companion website with electronic content.

Laura stays at a high level and does not dig too much into details. This should be a good read for healthcare executives considering a BI project or for those new to the BI topic.