Healthcare organizations who feel stuck on this first rung of the analytics
ladder should take several steps to ensure they can progress in the future:
. Invest in interoperable EHR technology that balances free-text input for
clinicians with standardized data elements for analytics and health
information exchange
. Choose whether or not to develop additional analytics infrastructure in-
house, turn to the cloud, or trust a third-party analytics service provider
to improve reporting capabilities
. Develop a robust data governance program to ensure that data is created
in a meaningful and usable way as the volume of big data continues to
grow exponentially.
