Unorganized data is unusable data. Data that is captured by EMR / EHR systems is organized to provide information to that particular technology. To use the data for reporting and analytics the data is either moved or a “view” of the data is leveraged to reorganize the data to provide reporting systems the data for a report.

In the Health IT world there are many reports that are created to improve processes but to also satisfy state and federal reports. Many organization operate in different states, which can create complications regarding the reports. In some cases the data is organized based on each report, or state requirement instead of organizing the data to satisfy multiple reports without updates to the data repositories. Sometimes this is a result of reacting to business expansions and different report requirements over time. This is where The Data Shepherds can help.

We can help work with your technologists to organize the data in ways to help future proof the data. We start with working with the teams and understanding all of the sources of the data, build a data governance group, and finally understand the costs associated to ETL processes vs creating “views” to the data without restoring the data.

The Data Shepherds can also do the leg work to rebuild any or all of the reports that may need built after the data is re-organized. If the ata is in good shape The Data Shepherds can take on and build new reports associated to new business, state, and federal requirements. With stricter federal requirements for federal funding there will be new changes to the existing reports. The Data Shepherds can begin working on those reports without completely disrupting the existing responsibilities of the current team.

Many businesses want to build analytics to either improve the health and care of the persons they serve or improve and meet the KPIs for the workforce, improving the care for existing and new persons they serve.

The Data Shepherds believe it is important to take data and organize it for information and then use statistics and other technologies to create knowledge. Reach out to The Data Shepherds to learn more.