Revisiting My First Healthcare Quality Dashboard “Five Years Later” Motivation Five years ago, I accepted my first role as a data analyst supporting the hospital quality and safety department. One of my earliest assignments was to build a dashboard to monitor hospital-acquired conditions for nursing quality indicators. Recently, I recreated that original dashboard using synthetic […]

Designing Dashboards That Deliver — Reflection Have you ever built a beautiful, interactive dashboard, only to be asked to export the data to Excel and send it instead? I’ve been there. Early in my career, I was a zealous data analyst eager to prove myself. I said yes often — focused on the beauty and

Insights to Improvement Summit – Reflection Yesterday I walked away from the Insights to Improvement Summit with one big realization: data moves decisions, but emotions move people. The MedStar Insights to Improvement Summit is an annual gathering where associates share projects, give feedback, and spark new ideas. This year featured 30 posters — everything from