Steps to Data Informed Culture

01/29/2022 Collected and organized by Valmeek Kudesia

Make Data Accessible

• Bring enough of important data to a single "place"

• Deploy good-enough governance to reduce errors and confusion

• Democratize access to data

• Design use of data and system as an enabling environment

  • Quickly provide view of semi-raw data relevant to role in organization and leads to visibly improved performance

  • Align sophisticated uses of data with desired clinical identity

• Make governance process ready to incorporate feedback from many consumers

• Mature governance as data use and feedback grow

Focus on the Individual

• Ensure data is aligned with role

• Make clear that use of data is expected in role

• Provide training and coaching to meet individuals "where they are" in data fluency

• Cultivate embedded champions or ambassadors

• Aim to raise data fluency of everyone at least a small amount

• Aim to raise data fluency a large amount for individuals with some preexisting data fluency

Start Conversations About Data

• Cultivate environment where data is valued as primary vehicle for decision-making and learning (experience + intuition = context)

• Contextual positioning of data e.g. storylines, workflows

• Safe place where data starts conversations; it doesn't end conversations

Cultivate a Data-Informed Community

• Driven by engaged individual

• Use of data during day-to-day is unavoidable

• Individuals collaborate on challenges and share learning

• Org is deliberate with changes and post-change monitoring

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