The Role of Analytics Governance to Promote Health Care Transformation

Abstract Objectives Rapid digitization in health care during the 21st century has created significant data and analytics challenges for our providers systems. Just as information technology (IT) governance helped manage exploding demand IT services increased efficiencies, promises to bring these same benefits efforts. Potential models exist other industries yet have not significantly penetrated care. Methods Results Geisinger implemented throughout enterprise. We identified accomplished six core goals toward establishment of governance, including developing a vision; defining organizational structure, roles, responsibilities; managing assets; implementing robust governance; establishing standardized processes; utilizing metrics evaluate progress. Early outcomes include improved tracking intelligence around data/analytics requests, decreases duplicative efforts, creation Enterprise Analytics Hub employees consume data, initial steps self-service analytics. Conclusion Our experiences support proposition that can provide meaningful It is clear from systems who best their will competitive advantage. also proper foundation use advanced analytics, machine learning, visualization tools, prepare workforce utilize tools benefit patients.