title: Effective use of business intelligence.
abstract: Business intelligence--technology to manage and leverage an organization's data--can enhance healthcare organizations' financial and operational performance and quality of patient care. Effective BI management requires five preliminary steps: Establish business needs and value. Obtain buy-in from managers. Create an end-to-end vision. Establish BI governance. Implement specific roles for managing data quality.
authors.affiliation: Partners HealthCare, Boston, USA. jglaser@partners.org
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008331:Management Information Systems; D012984:Software; D014481:United States