Data governance helps healthcare organizations manage, use, and protect the data in their IT environments, as well as create a culture of data-driven decision-making by putting reliable information in the hands of information consumers in a timely manner. However, there are many challenges that threaten data governance initiatives. Learn about 6 of these challenges and find out where you can learn best practices to kick-start your data governance initiative.

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6 Data Governance Challenges
in Healthcare

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The role of data governance in healthcare
 An effective data governance
strategy helps healthcare
organizations manage, use, and
protect the data in their IT
environments.
 It also helps to create a culture
of data-driven decision-making
by putting reliable information
in the hands of information
consumers in a timely manner.

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Data governance challenges
However, there are a host of challenges when it comes to
healthcare data governance.
Here, we’ll examine 6 of these challenges, and show you
where you can learn best practices as you proceed with
your data governance initiative.

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1. Lack of support
Executives and the board often do not provide enough
support for a holistic foundation for data governance.

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2. Allocating resources
Significant staff
bandwidth is required
for a governance
committee, including
executives, service
leaders, data owners,
data stewards, data
architects, and data
analysts.

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3. Lack of staff integration
Data owners are too far
removed from operations
and business activities to
be effectively integrated
into the solution.

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4. Little trust in the data
Siloed, inaccurate, inconsistent, and unstandardized data
results in lack of trust.

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5. Difficulty of training
Many organizations lack a strategy for
educating, training, and supporting users
on data governance practices.

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6. Inconsistent data protections
 Many organizations
lack the appropriate
restrictions and
protections.
 They also do not
provide consistent
access to data.

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Learn about best practices in data governance
How can you combat these challenges?
Read the white paper,
“Best Practices for Healthcare
Data Governance”
to learn 3 ways to kick-start
your data governance initiative.