title: Health plan finds answers with data warehouse that stores 4,500 data elements.
abstract: A gold mine of information, not just for computer geeks: Pardon the stereotype, but managers of health care have also stereotyped the data warehouse--as more of an unwieldy behemoth. But at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, more than 200 users log on regularly. Quality management, HEDIS reporting, managed care contracting, provider profiling, utilization management, product management, and forecasting all have been made easier with this tool that allows operational data to become a gold mine of information.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans / Q000191:economics; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013714:Tennessee