Data is Risky Business: I’m a Doctor, Jim …
In Star Trek, DeForest Kelley use to exclaim “I’m a Doctor Jim, not an engineer” or something similar whenever Captain Kirk asked him to do anything that …
Improving Patient Data Quality, Part 2: What is Evaluated in the PDDQ Framework
This is part two of a two-part article by Melanie Mecca and Jim Halcomb of the CMMI Institute about the Patient Demographic Data Quality (PDDQ) Framework. In …
Thoughts on Semantic Debt
Semantic debt arises when an organization’s data management systems are conceptually inadequate. We often see semantic debt in source-to-target mappings …
Improving Patient Data Quality, Part 1: Introduction to the PDDQ Framework
Patient demographic data quality issues are pervasive across the healthcare industry. A significant percentage of healthcare professionals report that …
Your Company Has the Flu – The Data Flu
Is your company feeling any pain or suffering from the quality, protection, or understanding of your data? The chances are that your organization is feeling …
Data Lakes Can Be Like the Library of Babel
In 1941, renowned Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges published a short story entitled “The Library of Babel.” The story tells the tale of a universe …
Why Agile is Like Football
In any team sport, there are persons who never score. Test your trivia mind on that! They do not play defense or offense, never call a play, never take a …
Data and Trending Technologies: Artificial Intelligence Is All About Data
Artificial Intelligence Is All About Data! It’s Real (And Not Fake) NewVantage Partners’ annual Big Data Executive Survey reveals that 88.5% of top …
DAMA International Community Corner: A DAMA Update
So what are we up to this year? Well, this is the year of consolidation – we have had a successful DAMA-DMBOK 2 launch. The translation of the BoK into …
A Day in the Life
The Beatles’ famous song “A Day in the Life” begins by sharing how the singer started his day with a specific habitual regiment. You know what I …