The Role Of Healthcare Data Governance In Big Data Analytics

By April Yoder, Vice President of Health Language Professional Services, part of Wolters Kluwer Health

On Friday last week, the online news publication HealthITAnalytics.com published a feature story about the importance of data governance, “The Role of Healthcare Data Governance in Big Data Analytics.” The author, Jennifer Bresnick, does an excellent job of explaining what data governance is, how it differs from information governance, and why healthcare IT professionals need to take a closer look at how data is managed at their organizations. Without strong data governance in place, she writes, “organizations will not be able to move beyond the basics of record keeping and develop the analytics competencies that will become vital survival skills in the emerging world of value-based care.”

At Health Language, we have long known the importance of data governance and have been helping forward-thinking organizations improve and streamline in this area. Now, it appears, data governance is no longer in the proverbial “early adopter” stage and is becoming mainstream.