Harnessing Data Science for Equity
An Agile Approach to Portfolio Management
An Integrated Lifecycle Process
Phase I: Analysis
CACHE conducts in-depth data analysis to identify disparities in health and healthcare among Duke Health patients.
Phase II: Implementation
When disparities are identified, CACHE works to improve outcomes by developing and implementing changes to areas including:
- Skills
- Resource levels
- Processes
- Technology
- Information
- Policies
Phase III: Monitoring
CACHE continuously monitors and transparently communicates the effects of implemented changes and interventions.
A Vision for Lean Healthcare
- Enable patients and clinicians to define activities that add value versus those that are wasteful
- Understand existing processes, so that when changes are made, we can anticipate the effects
- Standardize and improve processes that provide value; eliminate ones that don’t
- Create flexibility, capacity and standards that enable the care delivery system to respond to changing patient needs
- Build this improvement process into every aspect of our daily work