PHIL'S APPROACH
As a senior healthcare delivery analytics advisor, Phil's approach is to:
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Understand stated and unstated goals, constraints, and concerns
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Determine the data available for informing the decision, the difficulties to be expected in accessing the data, and the extent to which it can be relied upon
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Estimate the potential, if any, for improvement
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Select an appropriate decision support or process analysis technique, or develop a new one
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Build a quantitative model using optimization and/or simulation capabilities as needed
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Retrieve data, process it, exclude or correct incorrect data, and if appropriate, design and build a datamart for it
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Embed the data into the model
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Apply the model to evaluate suggested alternatives and identify new alternatives
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Provide management and stakeholders with the information or potential solutions uncovered by the analysis
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If appropriate, design and develop systems to support distributed decision making