Practical Data Solutions

Practical Data Solutions (PDS) specializes in healthcare analytics and data modeling services, with over 20 years of experience working with healthcare data. The company focuses on transforming complex healthcare data from various sources into actionable insights through custom data modeling, staging, and analytics implementations.

PDS delivers solutions across three primary areas: operational analytics (patient access, patient experience, call center metrics), financial analytics (revenue cycle, contract analysis, physician compensation), and clinical quality analytics. Their approach involves implementing industry-standard star schema data structures and integrating with clients' preferred analytics platforms. The company emphasizes a partnership model that prioritizes listening, education, and iterative refinement over turnkey solutions.

The firm has documented multiple case studies demonstrating measurable outcomes, including automating physician productivity dashboards for a 60+ provider specialty clinic, streamlining contract analysis processes, and integrating disparate data sets for provider productivity reporting. Their PDS PhyComp product specifically addresses physician compensation modeling and reporting automation.

Consider PDS when your healthcare organization faces manual reporting bottlenecks, struggles to integrate data from multiple systems, or lacks internal resources to build custom analytics solutions. Their documented success with physician productivity dashboards and provider reporting automation makes them particularly relevant for organizations with large provider networks experiencing reporting inefficiencies.

PDS's 20-year healthcare data focus means they bring pre-built data models and healthcare-specific expertise rather than generic business intelligence services. Expect a collaborative engagement model with emphasis on understanding your specific metrics and requirements before implementation.

PDS operates exclusively in healthcare with over 20 years dedicated to healthcare data challenges. Their solutions address healthcare-specific use cases including physician productivity tracking, revenue cycle optimization, payer contract analysis, patient access scheduling, clinical quality measures, and HIPAA-compliant reporting. The company demonstrates deep understanding of healthcare data sources including EMRs, practice management systems, revenue cycle applications, and patient survey platforms.

Their case studies span multiple healthcare settings including academic medical centers, regional hospitals, OB/GYN groups, and specialty clinics, indicating experience across diverse healthcare delivery models.

Mid-size to large healthcare organizations (hospitals, health systems, specialty clinics with 50+ providers) that have outgrown manual reporting processes or basic practice management system reporting. Organizations with multiple data sources requiring integration, understaffed business intelligence teams, or specific needs around physician productivity, contract analysis, or patient access analytics.