Archive for December, 2009

Make My New Year’s Resolutions Easier with MDM

In 2009, I was married and changed my last name and also changed health insurance providers. From a data perspective, I would estimate that I exist 60% with my old name and 40% with my married name. Accomplishing my New Year’s resolutions will require facing some data challenges.

Analytical and Operational MDM

Analytical and operational MDM each have distinct roles and advantages. Larry Dubov reviews when to consider each MDM style, along with their relative strengths and limitations.

How to Divide the HIT Pie

While healthcare organizations determine how to meet an undefined component of meaningful use, I’ve been approaching this complex challenge by thinking about a health information exchange pie with four slices – labeled local, regional, state and national. But the slices are each a different size.

Answering States’ HIT Wish Lists

States have long wished for an integrated, state-run health information exchange (HIE). Now as the stars align, how can they leverage new directives and ARRA cash to address the items on their wish lists?

We Need YOU for Data Governance

While working on the Data Governance Webinar Series, I learned a lot from my colleagues’ different perspectives, from technical aptitude to time in the trenches. But to really understand how data governance works, we need YOU and your experience. Whether you’re a data steward, data nerd or other, share your perspective.

Banks Must Innovate to Keep Customers

Alex has a credit card with one of Australia’s leading banks. Follow his journey to get a replacement card, including the lessons he learned about the bank’s lack of innovation and confusing customer service. What should a bank do to innovate – and improve – its most visible services?

Complex Entities: Tracking a Vehicle Across State Lines

Entities of interest can extend beyond individuals, vehicles or weapons. Tracking each of these can be very valuable to law enforcement or other authorities. Learn about complex entities and tracking a white Chevy Malibu across state lines.

MDM Data Quality Processes

In most modern MDM solutions data hub technologies focus on the MDM benchmark development process and its challenges. This process creates and maintains the MDM benchmark record in a data hub. The process focuses not only on data integrity, completeness, standardization, validation and stewardship but also on the record accuracy.

Keeping Entity Resolution Cost Effective

Especially with stretched budgets, make sure you get the most bang for your entity resolution buck. What makes up your total cost of ownership? Consider these points.

Sentara’s New EMPI Reduces Duplication Creation Rates

Sentara sought to boost physician satisfaction and increase patient safety, so they decided to implement an Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) to help more effectively manage patient identity data by streamlining records into a better, more accurate view of their patients.