Recently, we performed an analysis for a customer on cardiac services trends.  Based on previous studies, we knew cardiac inpatient services were declining overall.  However, we discovered that inside cardiac services many of the sub-service lines behave quite differently; many declining but some actually increasing.  We analyzed all-payer data from Florida, Texas and California alongside [...]

Part 1 – How to Define a Service Area The first step in any planning or marketing project for a hospital/provider is to define a service area.  Before demographics or market share can be run, an appropriate service area must be applied.  Defining a service area is both art and science. There are several ways [...]

There is no doubt that Hurricane Sandy had a disastrous effect on the eastern seaboard, especially the low lying areas of New York City. The damage from the storm surge and high powered sustained winds has been broadcasted to the world throughout the day, and we noticed that we could not find a list of affected New [...]

Hurricane Sandy is projected to hit the New Jersey Coast and maintain hurricane force winds north to Maine.  Due to the late October timing of this storm, it is expected to bring heavy snows inland from Tennessee to Maine. This area of the country is the most populated area of the United States and cities [...]

Stratasan was honored on September 27th with the NEXT Award for Healthcare Startup Company of the Year. We are extremely honored with this recognition, especially in a city where healthcare plays such a major role in the overall economy. A huge thanks to all of those behind the scenes from the Entrepreneur Center and Nashville [...]

Every year, hundreds of healthcare companies travel to the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development Conference (SHSMD) with their branded giveaways and brochures. They pass out pens, t-shirts, and stress-balls to expand their national footprint and increase name recognition. Although these freebies are useful around the office, they typically fail to highlight a company’s [...]

Greetings from San Diego!  Stratasan’s GIS team has been participating in the annual ESRI User Conference this week, and we’ve seen some very interesting things! While many Southern Californians have been having fun in the sun, we have been inside the San Diego convention center getting our hands dirty with the latest and greatest of [...]

What: Mapping Healthcare with GIS webinar When: Wednesday, June 20, 12 noon Central (1 pm EST) Who: Jason Haley, GIS Manager, Stratasan;  Dr. Devon A. Cancilla, Dean, Business & Technology, American Sentinel University Webinar Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/676870656 Jason Haley will be leading this webinar to illustrate how GIS technology is integrated into Stratasan’s processes for improved strategic [...]

Stratasan was honored to be a part of this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington DC with Todd Park and all of the great people in the healthcare data world.  One thing that everyone had to take away from their time spent there is that the movement is in full swing! Our ability as an community [...]

On April 3rd, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with The University of Wisconsin released the 3rd annual County Health Rankings. Healthcare professionals, academics, and curious citizens are sifting through more than 30 categories of data collected on nearly every county for 2012. At Stratasan, we decided to do our first analysis on obesity.  Coming with little [...]