With assessment for process improvement being a continuous cycle, can data be a directional factor?In this episode, our host Daniel Blumenthal is joined by Dr. Alan Forster of The Ottawa Hospital to learn more about the role data plays in quality and process improvement.Dr. Forster shares examples of how data has improved patient care at their health system, offering insight to how data will continue to be a major factor in supporting healthcare innovation within the organization. He also gives insight to the challenges they face as Canada’s largest academic health science center and the opportunity available to them to utilize data to drive change.Let's "Talk Data".YOUR HOSTDaniel Blumenthal, VP of Strategy at MDClone+ Connect on LinkedIn → https://bit.ly/3EBVGStTALK DATA GUESTAlan J. Forster MD, FRCPC, MSc, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Quality Office, the Ottawa Hospital+ Connect on LinkedIn → https://bit.ly/3seTU2fAlan J. Forster MD, FRCPC, MSc is the Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Quality Officer at the Ottawa Hospital, Canada’s largest Academic Health Sciences Center. His focus is enabling teams to create higher value health care – in which patient centered health outcomes are realized and health system costs are lowered.Over his career, he has led research on patient safety and quality improvement. He performed the seminal work evaluating the incidence of adverse events following discharge from hospital. He has also led the Ottawa Hospital’s data strategy which has been used to support research, operations, and planning. Overall, his work has led to over 240 publications in peer review journals and innumerable advances in quality of care.LEARN MORE+ The Ottawa Hospital Case Study → https://bit.ly/2WqIL1E+ MDClone for Innovation → https://bit.ly/3ekHgsRSIGN UP+ Pulse Newsletter → https://bit.ly/3Cnk0Vw+ Be Our Guest → https://bit.ly/3MVIDNR