The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), formed in 1984, is an alliance of academic health centers situated mainly in the United States. As a membership organization, UHC provides its 90 full members and 123 associate members with a variety of helpful resources aimed at improving performance levels in clinical, operational, and financial areas. UHC collects patient and benchmark data from its members as well as purchases complimentary heath care data from third parties. In an effort to strengthen its ability to discover information from these disparate data sources, UHC embarked on an effort to document and relate the data by building a data dictionary. Using the concept of Domains and Subject Areas, UHC was able to conform silo-ed data into a Business Enterprise Model that allows users to discover, locate and relate disparate data across the enterprise allowing for more opportunistic and powerful analysis.
- No budget for tools or outside resources
- Data dictionary data model
- Data population approach
- Home-grown tool demo
- Marketing effort
- Maintenance effort
Diane is a data architect and expert in data modeling, with an extensive business consulting background. Over the past 20 years, she has worked with a variety of organizations in the structuring and management of data as a competitive resource. Organizations she has served include Discover Financial Services, ACNielsen, Rush Prudential Health Care, SPSS, Anixter Brothers, Inc., American Hospital Association, RCT Systems, Inc., and Lawrence Hall School for Boys. Ms. Rollinson holds a MBA in Management Information Systems from DePaul University, a MS in Rehabilitation Counseling from Southern Illinois University, a BS in Psychology from Purdue University, and a Certificate in Computer Programming from DePaul University.
Edward Bartholomew is Enterprise Data Administrator at the University HealthSystem Consortium in Oak Brook, IL. Ed integrates his knowledge of database development and administration with his knowledge of the healthcare industry to create a blended approach to business intelligence innovation. With the UHC Data Dictionary as the central reference, he leads the data stewardship program at UHC.