Business intelligence (BI) in health care has been growing slowly not because it doesn't add value but because the conservative world of health care has been slow in acknowledging its value. Jill Dyche from Baseline Consulting has written several white papers on efficiency, process improvement , and the drivers of BI within health care.
This is the kind of work that fascinates me! Connecting hospitals and systems together to share information, making that information transparent to the open market of consumers and third-parties, and using that information to develop metrics to measure performance on various levels. Its a great blend of logistical and academic know-how.
In an industry filled with bureaucratic claims processing and a set hierarchy of decision-makers, you need folks who think outside the box constantly. The various facets of health care and their interconnections can be hard to grasp, and BI experts really try to break it down and make sense of it all in a very methodical and logical way. I'm excited to learn more about this world of liaisons and be a part of its growth in an industry hungry for the change.