The President and CEO of the Clinical Effectiveness business at Wolters Kluwer, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, discusses the importance of leveraging clinician data to drive improvements in healthcare. While the focus has primarily been on analyzing patient data stored in electronic medical records (EMRs), there is a missed opportunity to look more closely at clinician data for insights that can help streamline workflows and enhance patient care.
As healthcare organizations and technology providers look for ways to streamline EMR use and find new value in the data collected, there is growing interest in activating clinician insights through unified enterprise analytics. This approach could provide valuable insights into clinician workflows and drive improvements in healthcare quality and efficiency. By tapping into the millions of searches clinicians make daily through clinical decision support solutions, organizations can uncover trends and opportunities for improvement.
A hypothetical case study illustrates the potential impact of harnessing clinician data. A health system discovers an uptick in searches for an antibiotic commonly used to treat UTIs, leading to an education campaign to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and improve patient care. By analyzing clinician search data, the health system is able to identify opportunities for improvement, make changes, and measure their success.
In the face of emerging healthcare challenges, modern health systems need an integrated, data-driven approach to address staff shortages, improve patient satisfaction, and scale for the future. By harnessing real-time behavior insights from clinician data, organizations can inform decision-making, connect care teams, and streamline workflows at the enterprise level. Unified enterprise analytics have the potential to drive measurable improvements in operational effectiveness, safety, patient satisfaction, and care equity.
Looking ahead, there is an opportunity for healthcare organizations to leverage CDS data to understand clinician behavior, identify areas for improvement, and proactively manage emerging health trends. By using unified enterprise analytics to connect care team decisions across the health ecosystem, organizations can drive improvements in quality, safety, and patient outcomes. The use of data-driven insights has the potential to transform healthcare delivery and drive meaningful change in the industry.
