Storing Healthcare Data in a Data Warehouse

More skilled nursing facilities are maximizing the value of their data to drive better outcomes for residents. Healthcare organizations around the country are combining practical business solutions with AI to benefit from automated insurance prior authorization, structured care plans, and documented billing codes and medical records.

The healthcare industry produces an abundance of data, from diagnostics to home care reports. There are many benefits of good data, including better treatment effectiveness, faster diagnosis, and quicker introductions of new treatments. Having poor data means multiple problems can arise, such as delayed treatment, misdiagnosis, and possible lawsuits.

However, there are several obstacles making it harder for organizations, especially nursing facilities, from harnessing their data more efficiently. Assembling data from multiple sources like clinical data, census data, and financial data is a significant challenge. This can take hours to accomplish, lead to compliance risks, and result in gut-driven decisions that produce more human errors. Workers can also experience “login fatigue” or exhaustion from going through multiple logins for different platforms.

Building a data warehouse from the bottom up usually takes months with the need for in-house tech experts and knowledge of SOC 2 and HIPAA, possibly causing higher costs and teams being left waiting for solutions for months on end. On the other hand, a data warehouse stores important healthcare data in a fast, secure, and comprehensive platform and serves post-acute care, behavioral health, and healthcare vendors. All high-quality data is gathered into one source that can be used to offer better care to residents.

Nursing facilities can use data warehouses to strengthen in-house workflows with multiple integrations while combining various data sources and standardizing data. They can also get timely error resolution alerts and integration updates for enhanced operational efficiency. Using a mega data warehouse is easier than building a data warehouse as it already has pre-built structured models, up-to-date vendor integrations, a fast implementation process, and SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance so organizations can quickly obtain clarity from their data to provide better care for residents.