Barriers to Healthcare Analytics

According to the Copley Consulting Group, although business analytics can help healthcare providers and payers create actionable insights, there are oftentimes barriers to the use of analytics in healthcare.

These barriers include:

• The sheer volume of data
• Culture does not encourage sharing information
• Lack of understanding how to use analytics to improve the business
• Lack of management bandwidth due to competing priorities
• Lack of executive sponsorship
• Lack of skills internally in the line of business

But as the article states, even with these barriers healthcare organizations that fail to effectively use analytics will fall behind. The massive improvements to clinical and business processes outweigh the barriers of implementing analytics.