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	Colorado Hospital Association Analytics Team Tackles Opioid Epidemic Head On Alteryx

Colorado Hospital Association Analytics Team Tackles Opioid Epidemic Head On

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics
Services	Data Science Services
Challenge	The Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) was facing a significant challenge in the form of the opioid epidemic. Opioids, traditionally used to treat pain in the emergency department, were contributing to prescription abuse and serving as a gateway to illegal drugs. According to data from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance, one Colorado resident died every 36 hours from overdose in 2015. From a data perspective, the situation was messy. The CHA needed to join emergency department data with claims base data to see what was happening across hospitals. Each question seemed to lead to another, creating a complex and challenging situation. Read More
About Customer	The customer in this case study is the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA). The CHA is an organization that works with Colorado hospitals and policy makers to make better decisions. The director of analytics at the CHA, Alexandra, has spent over half a decade analyzing medical data. The analytics team at the CHA also includes healthcare data analysts like Dominick Kuljis, who joined the CHA with some exposure to SQL and Excel, but no hard-core programming experience. The team's goal is to use their backgrounds in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare. Read More
Solution	The solution to the CHA's challenge was the Alteryx platform. Alteryx is a data analytics platform that allows users to perform complex analyses without needing extensive programming knowledge. When Dominick joined the CHA, he was concerned that he would end up isolated deep in the 'technical weeds' of data analysis. However, the Alteryx platform allowed him to focus on using his background in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare. With Alteryx, Dominick felt like he was a team of 10 people, rather than just one, even very early on in his use of the platform. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

The Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) was facing a significant challenge in the form of the opioid epidemic. Opioids, traditionally used to treat pain in the emergency department, were contributing to prescription abuse and serving as a gateway to illegal drugs. According to data from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance, one Colorado resident died every 36 hours from overdose in 2015. From a data perspective, the situation was messy. The CHA needed to join emergency department data with claims base data to see what was happening across hospitals. Each question seemed to lead to another, creating a complex and challenging situation.

About Customer

The customer in this case study is the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA). The CHA is an organization that works with Colorado hospitals and policy makers to make better decisions. The director of analytics at the CHA, Alexandra, has spent over half a decade analyzing medical data. The analytics team at the CHA also includes healthcare data analysts like Dominick Kuljis, who joined the CHA with some exposure to SQL and Excel, but no hard-core programming experience. The team's goal is to use their backgrounds in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare.

Solution

The solution to the CHA's challenge was the Alteryx platform. Alteryx is a data analytics platform that allows users to perform complex analyses without needing extensive programming knowledge. When Dominick joined the CHA, he was concerned that he would end up isolated deep in the 'technical weeds' of data analysis. However, the Alteryx platform allowed him to focus on using his background in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare. With Alteryx, Dominick felt like he was a team of 10 people, rather than just one, even very early on in his use of the platform.

Impact #1	The use of the Alteryx platform allowed the CHA analytics team to perform complex analyses without needing extensive programming knowledge. This enabled them to focus on their primary goal of using their backgrounds in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare.
Impact #2	The Alteryx platform also increased the productivity of the analytics team. With Alteryx, a single team member could perform the work of 10 people.

Impact #1

The use of the Alteryx platform allowed the CHA analytics team to perform complex analyses without needing extensive programming knowledge. This enabled them to focus on their primary goal of using their backgrounds in public health and chemistry to advance healthcare.

Impact #2

The Alteryx platform also increased the productivity of the analytics team. With Alteryx, a single team member could perform the work of 10 people.

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Colorado Hospital Association Analytics Team Tackles Opioid Epidemic Head On

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