Enterprise Data Management, Reporting, Analytic Program (E-DRAP) is designed to connect clinical, financial, operational, and third-party data sources for reporting, analytics, and research purposes within an organization (McBride and Tietze, 2019). Using E-DRAP, I evaluated the readiness of the University of Utah Hospital to move forward on a strategic information plan to best utilize enterprise data.
E-DRAP is broken down into three main components which are people, technology, and processes. The people component is comprised of the CEO, Information Governance, Program Management, stakeholders, senior leaders, physicians, nurses, clinical operations, and finance (McBride and Tietze, 2019). For an organization to be ready to move forward on a strategic information plan, the people involved within the organization must have clear communication among all team members, use data and analytics to move towards reaching the goals and have transparency among all members (McBride and Tietze, 2019). The technology component includes the organization’s Data Architecture Foundation and Business Intelligence Library (McBride and Tietze, 2019. The goal of the Data Architecture Foundation is to provide trusted, reliable, and accessible data to meet the goals, while the Business Intelligence Library is an online collection of content that is shared with users that are convenient within their analytics workflow (McBride and Tietze, 2019). An organization must have these elements in place for it to move towards a strategic information plan. The processes component includes three pieces. The first piece is a road map that prioritizes program management (McBride and Tietze, 2019). The second piece includes key continuous and iterative process cycles that assess readiness, design, reporting, and analytics (McBride and Tietze, 2019). The last piece includes supporting best practice methods to be used (McBride and Tietze, 2019). Once all aspects of E-DRAP have been met, then the organization can move forward with its strategic information plan.
The University of Utah Hospital already has a strategic plan in place for the next several years and have it laid out on their hospital website. The overall strategic plan is to serve the community, lead education, discovery, and innovate care leading to positive outcomes (Good, 2020). The plan includes effective communication, inclusion, diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the use of research and data among all team members (Good). The hospital is also using digital health systems and resources to coordinate care, develop successful health plans, have positive outcomes, align clinical practices (Good, 2020). The hospital uses the culture of data and analytics as a core asset to bring transparency and accountability into the organization (Good, 2020). Overall I feel that the University of Utah hospital is ready to move forward with its strategic plan, due to the effective utilization of the E-DRAP components.
References
Good, M. (2020, November 11). Our strategic roadmap to 2025. University of Utah Health Sciences – Research, Education, Clinical Care – Salt Lake City, Utah. https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/notes/postings/2020/11/strategic-roadmap.php#.YjtkZ5rMK3I (Links to an external site.)
McMcbride, S., & Tietze, M. (2019). Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse. (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company. ISBN: 9780826140456
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