Overview
Analytics is poised to transform the entire ecosystem of health care delivery promising to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Through the use of analytics, hospitals, clinics and all other health care agencies involved in health care are transforming their business models. Experts and researchers working on analytics and health care from the Miami Herbert Business School have created an eight-hour module that shows how to integrate analytics into health care systems. Specifically, the topics addressed are:
1. Introduction:
- Healthcare Transformation—Challenges and Opportunities.
- The Current State of Healthcare Costs and Quality .
2. Developing an Analytics Strategy to Drive Change:
- Analytics Strategy Framework.
- Developing an Analytics Strategy.
3. Fundamentals of Healthcare Analytics:
- Components of Healthcare Analytics.
- How Analytics Can Improve Decision Making.
- Applications of Healthcare Analytics.
4. Developing and Using Effective Indicators:
- Measures, Metrics, and Indicators.
- Using Indicators to Guide Healthcare.
5. Leveraging Analytics in Quality Improvement Activities:
- Moving from Analytics Insight to Healthcare Improvement.
6. Basic Statistical Methods and Control Chart Principles:
- Statistical Methods for Detecting Changes in Quality or Performance.
- Putting It Together: Dashboards for Quality and Performance Improvement.
7. Advanced Analytics in Healthcare:
- Overview of Predictive Algorithms.
- Applications of Advanced Analytics.
8. Data Quality and Governance:
- The Need for Effective Data Management.
- Data Governance and Management.
9. Becoming an Analytical Healthcare Organization:
10. Wrap up
The module is taught by faculty experts who have researched the topics and have extensive experience working with firms.
Faculty

Vincent Omachonu is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami. He also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Health Sector & Policy at the University of Miami. He is the author of four books, including Principles of Total Quality; Healthcare Performance Improvement; Access to Patient Care & Safety. His research area includes Patient Experience, Quality Management, Quality Gap Analysis, Chronic Diseases, and Population Health. He has consulted for several hospitals, managed care organizations, home healthcare organizations, and fortune 500 companies. He is a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma.

Joseph Johnson is a faculty member in the marketing department at Miami Herbert Business School. He has thirty-two years of experience, divided between academia and industry, in computerization and empirical models for manufacturing, supply chain and marketing. His research areas include application of AI, machine learning, natural language processing, stochastic processes, dynamic programing and genetic algorithms to business problems. He has worked on projects with Affinova, Axalta, Cheapoair, Dell, Eli-Lilly, Hindustan Petroleum, Perry Ellis, Royal Caribbean Ryder, SAS, Tata Steel, UM-Health and Universal Fox Studios.