Data Blueprint delivers sustainable analytical capabilities and technology infrastructure to Cancer Centers.
Cancer Center Challenges
We all agree on the biggest challenges facing Cancer Centers today:
- Increasing Health Care Costs
- Measuring Quality of Care
- Planning for Strategic Growth
How We Can Help
Data Blueprint delivers the capabilities for Cancer Centers to meet these challenges:
- Cancer Center business analytical expertise
- Data Management design and engineering expertise
Our Services
- Analytical Capability Assessments
- Develop requirements for advanced analytics
- Data Management Engineering delivers the analytical infrastructure
- Planning, training and coaching maintains capability over time
Benefits
- Measure and improve quality and effectiveness of care
- Measurable performance Improvements
- Develop information-based strategic plans
- Minimize costs and maximize revenues
- Optimize market share and payor mix
- Foster and support research
- Proactively address opportunities and threats
Our Approach
- Setting disease-specific strategic priorities: We think in a patient, disease-centered way
- We identify and integrate the appropriate data to answer critical questions
- We understand and measure the financial impact of treating patients across the lifecycle of care
- We apply data management best practices and technologies to enable advanced analytics
Our Unique Value Proposition
In order to truly become an information-based organization and achieve strategic growth, your cancer center must develop an advanced analytical capability. Data Blueprint combines cancer center business expertise with leading data management expertise to provide unique analytical solutions. Not only do we understand cancer center business and information needs, we also assess your data management environment and engineer sustainable analytical platforms.
Meet our Experts
Peter Aiken, Ph.D.
Dr. Aiken is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten data management authorities in the world. In addition to examining the data management practices of more than 500 organizations, he has spent multi-year immersions with organizations as a trusted advisor. As President of DAMA International, his expertise in the practice is unquestioned.
Brian Cassel, Ph.D.
Dr. Cassel is a senior healthcare professional with over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, program development and financial analysis. As a national expert in palliative care program development and financial evaluation, he is recognized by academic medical senior leaders for innovative and trustworthy financial analyses.
Lisa Shickle, MS
As a healthcare analytics leader with 16+ years of experience in the health data arena, Ms. Shickle spent eight years at a nationally designated Cancer Center. Her innovative data management and analytics techniques transform raw data into meaningful metrics that allow organizations to measure and track patient care and outcomes, identify key opportunities for strategic growth, expansion and improved resource utilization.
Lewis Broome, MS
Mr. Broome is the Chief Operating Officer for Data Blueprint and has 15+ years of success in the data management industry. He has led the successful implementation of many integrated data platforms for small, medium and large organizations.
Client Success Story
Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center is a leader in shaping the fight against cancer. Massey Cancer Center has over 500 researchers and tends to over 12,000 patients annually. Robust Information Management and Analytical Services are critical for ensuring Massey continues to lead and shape the future fight against cancer. Data Blueprint developed a consolidated information management and business intelligence platform to meet the information needs of a diverse group of researchers, caregivers and administrative manages
Challenges
- Improve Quality of Care
- Advance quality of data used in cancer research
- Optimize workflow process and improve operational performance
- Maximize hospital asset utilization
Achievements
- Created a 360-degree view of a cancer patient’s diagnoses and treatment across functional boundaries
- Improved delivery interface for faster collection and dissemination of information
- Integrated hospital and physician data to enhance financial asset utilization
- Designed extensible architecture to address future data research needs
Contact Us
We would like to openly discuss how our approach to cancer care analytics can make a difference. We are always happy to share our experiences and why we believe that developing an analytical capability for your cancer center is a necessary step to ensure future success and growth.
