How to hire a healthcare business intelligence expert?

1. How to hire a healthcare business
intelligence expert?
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2. Healthcare Expert
• It is nearly impossible not to bump into a healthcare
business intelligence expert whenever you are
participating in healthcare forums
• The implementation of the Affordable Care Act,
Electronic Health Record keeping and the increasing
need for unswerving data analytics in every facet of
the healthcare industry has given birth to a host of so
called business intelligence experts
• Clinics, healthcare organizations are looking to hire
someone fast to help them look deep into their
business model and iron out any shortcomings

3. Tips to stay on Right Track
• How experienced are they?
– The demand for business intelligence experts across the
entire healthcare industry has grown so rapidly that it has
become somewhat of an “expert gold rush”
– Business Intelligence (BI) is a relatively new profession but
your chosen expert should have at least five years of solid
track record and case studies to prove his/her worth
– Make sure to ask whether your healthcare BI expert knows
how to implement and manage a BI program kickoff and
installation
– Planning, implementing and fostering a business
intelligence program that is tailor made for your business
is a time consuming, challenging but very rewarding
project

4. Tips to stay on Right Track
• Are they team players?
– You must make sure that your chosen Business Intelligence
expert is a team player someone who understands your
unique organizational needs, motives and pressures from
the top management floor right down to the IT
department
– An intelligent BI expert can handle different mindsets in
your organizations and is able to create a single strategy
that fits all the unique needs of each department

5. Tips to stay on Right Track
• Are they analytical?
– It is essential that your BI partner has the skill set and
capability to collate, organize and make available massive
amounts of data that your business generates every day?
– The success of your BI program depends on the quality of
data, collection methods and analysis
– It is fundamental that before hiring a Business Intelligence
expert, you ask them whether they understand how your
organization functions and whether they can design a
solution specifically tailored for those needs

6. Tips to stay on Right Track
• Are they visionary?
– Quite a few healthcare BI experts offer backend data
analytics capabilities but given the stresses, time
constraints and daily priorities of employees within a
healthcare environment, daily success comes down to user
interface with that data
– An excellent visualization strategy that caters to all levels
of your organization is crucial for success
– Top management may only need headline facts and figures
while a mid-level department head will require a deeper
insight into the data
– Based on such unique requirements, your BI expert should
be able to design a custom interface for all levels of
employees that is fast, accessible from anywhere

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