An Analytic Prescription

The health care and life sciences industries lag financial services and retail in bringing analytic expertise to the front of the business. The biggest barrier is cultural – the need to adapt people’s mindsets and business processes, and to create a culture where people understand, value and demand fact-based decisions and strategies.

At the May 2014 SAS Health Analytics Executive Conference, industry leaders from Dignity Health, Highmark Health, Eli Lilly & Company, and SAS shared what they have done to prove the value of analytics to their business leaders and develop an analytic culture in their organizations.