Competitive Advantage Of Business Intelligence System In Healthcare

Implementing such a system in healthcare in general poses a threat because of the constant struggle of cuts from government payors where hospitals are still trying to do more with less. The benefit of having a business intelligence system in healthcare is it would improve patient care, effective utilization of human resources, improve processes, and cost avoidance. Due to little research that proves successful business intelligence systems many healthcare organizations have not implemented any yet. According to Foshay and Kuziemsky (2014), to help with the research gap a case study was performed on a Canadian Health Authority that addressed three questions that are 1) What are the most significant adverse impacts to the organization’s decision processes and outcomes

2) What are the root causes of these impacts, and what workarounds do they necessitate? and 3) In light of the issues identified, what are the key considerations for healthcare organizations in the early stages of BI implementation? (p. 20). During the research this health facility proved that they had implemented two major enterprise systems Meditech and 3M Health Record Management System during the change in electronic health record (Foshay and Kuziemsky, 2014). Healthcare is constantly changing with things such as computer systems, diagnostic technology, and preventive care programs in order to keep the quality of healthcare goals high. Business intelligence is used in order to create a competitive advantage among organizations. In using a business intelligence system, the huge advantage of increasing the return of investment helps for managers to use a demanding and systemic approach to improve. Using such a system in healthcare organization’s it