Successful organizations have the ability to measure and act on key indicators and events
in real time. By leveraging the power of virtual instrumentation and open architecture
standards, multidimensional executive dashboards can empower health care organizations
to make better and faster data-driven decisions. This paper will highlight ways in
which user-defined dashboards can connect to hospital information systems (e.g., ADT
systems and patient monitoring networks) and utilize Statistical Process Control (SPC)
to “visualize” information. The case studies described will illustrate enterprise-wide
solutions for:
● Bed management/census control
● Operational management
● Data mining and business intelligence applications