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About Susan Irby

Susan Irby has a 25-year track record in healthcare serving both within provider organizations as well as in an advisory capacity to vendor and service providers. She combines her extensive experience in strategic financial planning, cost accounting and value improvement processes with information technology expertise to provide clients with tools to “transform data to knowledge.”

Entries by Susan Irby

Healthcare Analytics: Test the Waters Before You Dive In

Analytics as a Differentiator Many healthcare organizations see the use of analytics as a primary differentiator in the journey to value-based care. The current analytics vendor marketplace includes: Niche and point analytics systems (solutions focused on one functional area – marketing, finance, clinical, claims, quality measurement, human resources, etc.) Enterprise analytics tools that are part […]

Reduce Complexity and Deliver Value: Lean Business Intelligence & Analytics

Health executives have realized for a long time that future success is tied to the quality of their information. Finance organizations have worked with costing, budgeting and financial decision support systems for years. Supply chain executives have created reporting tools to manage inventory, distribution and cost. Operations leaders have reported quality, productivity and performance improvement […]