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Renown Health Boosts Performance and Productivity With WebFOCUS

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Human Resources
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Renown Health, a healthcare leader in northern Nevada, faced a challenge in accessing statistical and financial information to understand the factors impacting productivity and the bottom line. Administrators, department managers, and other leaders needed this information to enforce accountability, control staff positions, comply with state regulations, and negotiate with physicians and provider groups. The organization also faced difficulties in using SAP BusinessObjects for financial reporting, which led to the need for a more efficient solution. Read More
About Customer	Renown Health is the largest and only locally owned, not-for-profit integrated health network in northern Nevada. It is also recognized as a national healthcare leader. Based in Reno, Renown serves a 17-county region across Nevada and California. Renown Regional, part of the network, is the region's only Level II trauma center and home to the only children's hospital in northern Nevada. The organization uses the WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform from Information Builders to access data in its Epic healthcare informatics system and combine it with financial data to support initiatives that tie salary to performance. This unique analytic environment enables managers to monitor budgeted versus actual expenditures. WebFOCUS also supports Renown’s efforts to sell IT services to area community hospitals. Read More
Solution	Renown Health implemented the WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform from Information Builders. This platform was used to access hospital statistics from Renown’s Epic clinical system, combine them with financial data, and create dashboards and reports to monitor the performance and productivity of departments and personnel. The IT professionals in the finance department created dozens of dashboards that provide unique views of clinical and operational data. Managers use these dashboard reports to view departmental budgets, monitor costs, comply with state regulations, and access demographic information from a third-party service. WebFOCUS also accesses data from Renown’s clinical information systems to track hospital statistics, including admissions, discharges, transfers, procedures, and relative value units. These dashboards help Renown Health’s administrators to measure productivity and stay abreast of day-to-day costs. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Human Resources

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Renown Health, a healthcare leader in northern Nevada, faced a challenge in accessing statistical and financial information to understand the factors impacting productivity and the bottom line. Administrators, department managers, and other leaders needed this information to enforce accountability, control staff positions, comply with state regulations, and negotiate with physicians and provider groups. The organization also faced difficulties in using SAP BusinessObjects for financial reporting, which led to the need for a more efficient solution.

About Customer

Renown Health is the largest and only locally owned, not-for-profit integrated health network in northern Nevada. It is also recognized as a national healthcare leader. Based in Reno, Renown serves a 17-county region across Nevada and California. Renown Regional, part of the network, is the region's only Level II trauma center and home to the only children's hospital in northern Nevada. The organization uses the WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform from Information Builders to access data in its Epic healthcare informatics system and combine it with financial data to support initiatives that tie salary to performance. This unique analytic environment enables managers to monitor budgeted versus actual expenditures. WebFOCUS also supports Renown’s efforts to sell IT services to area community hospitals.

Solution

Renown Health implemented the WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform from Information Builders. This platform was used to access hospital statistics from Renown’s Epic clinical system, combine them with financial data, and create dashboards and reports to monitor the performance and productivity of departments and personnel. The IT professionals in the finance department created dozens of dashboards that provide unique views of clinical and operational data. Managers use these dashboard reports to view departmental budgets, monitor costs, comply with state regulations, and access demographic information from a third-party service. WebFOCUS also accesses data from Renown’s clinical information systems to track hospital statistics, including admissions, discharges, transfers, procedures, and relative value units. These dashboards help Renown Health’s administrators to measure productivity and stay abreast of day-to-day costs.

Impact #1	WebFOCUS helps administrators enforce accountability, control staff positions, comply with state regulations, and negotiate with physicians and provider groups.
Impact #2	Automated report distribution reduces costs and improves productivity.
Impact #3	WebFOCUS also supports Renown’s efforts to outsource IT services to community hospitals as a revenue generator.

Impact #1

WebFOCUS helps administrators enforce accountability, control staff positions, comply with state regulations, and negotiate with physicians and provider groups.

Impact #2

Automated report distribution reduces costs and improves productivity.

Impact #3

WebFOCUS also supports Renown’s efforts to outsource IT services to community hospitals as a revenue generator.

Benefit #1	WebFOCUS can access and analyze demographic data directly, saving approximately $100,000 over a five-year period.

Benefit #1

WebFOCUS can access and analyze demographic data directly, saving approximately $100,000 over a five-year period.

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Renown Health Boosts Performance and Productivity With WebFOCUS

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