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The Analytics and Business Intelligence Team, from left to right: Cathie Joynt, Dave Berrie, Tom Cook, Kelly Miller, and Jonathan Greenberg.<\/p><\/div>\n

Using Tableau Software\u2019s visual analytics capabilities, the Analytics and Business Intelligence Team (ABI) helps Michigan Medicine units gain new insight from their data. (Formerly known as Fast Analytics, ABI is part of Health Information Technology & Services, HITS).<\/p>\n

Kelly Miller, application programmer\/analyst with ABI, describes the basics of ABI and Tableau like this: \u201cImagine you have a pickup truck and a lot of lumber to haul, but you\u2019re not using the bed of the truck at all. What\u2019s more, you don\u2019t know the truck bed is even there. Rather, to move the lumber, you\u2019re cutting it up and stuffing it into the cab. Sure, you could lug the lumber around that way. But it\u2019s more efficient (and easier) to use the truck bed. ABI helps you learn about what\u2019s possible (the truck bed), and how to fit your data (the \u2018lumber\u2019) onto that truck bed. The end result is much more useful to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ABI application programmer\/analyst Dave Berrie recalls working with many Michigan Medicine<\/span> units to automate data collection, resulting in lower stress, fewer errors, and a savings of time and money. Tom Cook, another ABI application programmer\/analyst, has helped several divisions build informative dashboards that make it much easier to analyze their data. With some training and access to the Tableau Software server, staff can now manage their own dashboards and build new ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever their needs, from a nudge in the right direction, to a full-scale consultation and plan of action, ABI will help Michigan Medicine users manage their data to its fullest potential.\u00a0Here are some of the things you can do with Tableau:<\/span><\/p>\n