Although the use of data collection, data sharing, and data analytics has been embraced by most industrial sectors, its adoption by the healthcare industry has been much slower.
One of the primary roadblocks encountered using data analytics is that it is more difficult to transform healthcare into a strictly data-driven culture because of the nature of the industry. The delivery of services is much more personalized than in other industries.
However, one recommendation that promises to yield improvements in the surgical suite is the Healthcare Analytics Adoption Model:
- A framework for evaluating the industry’s adoption of analytics
- A road map for organizations to measure their progress
- toward analytics adoption
- A framework for evaluating vendor products