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Mike Sargo Articles & Insights

Women in Technology: It’s Time We Stand Up for What’s Right

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At Data Ideology, we have made a concerted effort to recognize and achieve high levels of gender equity in both leadership and employee level positions.

Women In Tech: Getting Hired in Technology Roles

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Applying for jobs can be challenging in any situation, but the task can be especially stressful for women in IT considering their underrepresentation in technology fields.

Gender Equality in Technology: Come so Far, Got so Far to Go

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The World Economic Forum recently released the Global Gender Gap Report for 2021. The United States isn’t even in the top 20 for gender equality. Women only make up 14% of cloud computing jobs and 32% of data and AI positions.

Data Offense or Data Defense: Flexibility vs Control

Data-driven organizations understand that their data is a strategic asset and to properly harness its power it must be supported by a sophisticated data strategy.

How Healthcare Payers Can Break Down Their Data Silos

Siloed data hinders collaboration and can cause serious downstream issues affecting multiple departments such as enrollment, claims and reimbursement. This data fragmentation stops the payer’s ability to get a 360° view of their customer, making it difficult to provide a more personalized experience.

Is Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) the “Prescribed Burn” that Healthcare Data Needs?

In order to implement automation applications and other machine-based processing, data must follow an agreed-upon structure and standardization. The global healthcare community believes they are close to achieving this with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).

Improving Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Scores with Data Management

It is important that payer organizations continue to seek ways of improving their HEDIS scores year-to-year. One certain way of doing this would be to implement a proper data management system.

Implementing a Proof of Concept (POC) Approach

Many c-suite executives are perplexed at the amount of money their organizations spend implementing and integrating data and software applications with limited evidence that they will even align with desired business outcomes.

Master Data Management Best Practices

Master Data Management (MDM) allows you to manage data assets better. MDM’s goal is to implement best practices that will help you optimize the management of your organization’s data assets.