BI/PI Staff
DRR Staff
Business Intelligence
Process Improvement
Death Record Review
100
This member of the BI Team has a MS in Civil Engineering and enjoys motorcycle rides.
Who is Parikshith Gari AKA Gari?
100
This dancing queen once worked the legal desk at a Radiology office
Who is Abby Johnson?
100
This widely-used BI tool, known for its powerful data visualization capabilities is used by the BI Team to turn your data needs into visualizations and dashboards.
What is Power BI?
100
A wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover causes of problems and process failures.
What is a root cause analysis (RCA)
100
90% of the DRR team is this personality color which needs structure, organization, rules, respect and dependability.
What is Gold?
200
This process loving showstopper once tried out to be an Oscar Meyer Weiner Kid
Who is Katelyn Bryant?
200
This cheese head studied criminal justice and is also a LPN
Who is Laura Bath?
200
This is the process of the BI Team to examine data sets and uncover hidden patterns, correlations, and insights that can help in decision-making.
What is data analysis?
200
PI utilizes this planning and management tool that visually describes a flow of work.
What is a Process Map?
200
This is the result of the real time review process implemented by the DRR Team.
What is a reduction in documentation errors?
300
This team member studied Psychology with an emphasis in Applied Behavioral Analysis and can also sing every song from all 3 *NSYNC albums.
Who is Kris Strawn?
300
This newest team member used to work in the funeral home industry as a restoration artist/cosmetologist.
Who is Cody Greene?
300
Gari has created this centralized repository that stores large volumes of data from various sources, enabling efficient querying and analysis for reporting.
What is the data warehouse?
300
A comprehensive project that an organization sets out for achieving its strategic goals or long-term visions for improvement.
What are Strategic Initiatives?
300
Approach Audit, Outcome of Referrals Audit, DRR Chart Pull
What are the reports used by DRR to complete their chart review?
400
Testing the system
Testing testing
400
This multitasker was formerly a financial analyst and did real estate on the side
Who is Adella Merchain?
400
This process is done by Patrick and involves creating software applications for various platforms to solve specific user problems or enhance productivity.
What is application development?
400
A data driven and proactive approach to quality improvement. It combines two approaches - Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement.
What is QAPI?
400
Obtain death lists to reconcile against tissue referrals, Review EMRs for missed organ referrals, Audit all OTE Referrals
What is the DRR Monthly Cycle?
500
This come again go again team member used to throw up when nervous and prior to public events (dates, birthdays, parties, etc)
Who is Jared Williams?
500
Before coming to DCIDS as a HD coordinator this coordinator worked at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and their favorite catch phrase is Go Vols!
Who is Tara Sandidge?
500
This initial phase involves Patrick understanding and documenting what the end users need, forming the basis for the design and development stages.
What is requirements analysis?
500
This PI tool is an iterative, four-stage problem-solving model used for improving a process or carrying out change.
What is a PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act)?
500
An objective and independent review team responsible for data integrity and detecting error trends and process gaps
What is the purpose of the DRR Team?
600
This BI team member studied Computer Science and also witnessed the infamous Brandi Chastain penalty kick at the 1999 Women's World Cup.
Who is Patrick Spearman?
600
There is nothing scary about this former medical examiner that also has an obsession with classic horror films like Halloween
Who is Allison Ballogh?
600
This acronym stands for the process Gari does of extracting data primarily from iTx, transforming it into a suitable format, and loading it into a data warehouse.
What is ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)?
600
You can have a green belt in Karate and this process improvement approach that uses a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing operational waste and reducing process variation
What is Lean Six Sigma?
600
49,476 and 13,065
What are the total number of referrals reconciled and OTE referrals reviewed and audited in 2023?