Practical Data Solutions

Practical Data Solutions For over 20 years, PDS has delivered proven healthcare solutions that leverage industry-leading tech

Your organization may be watching revenue closely. But are you watching what it costs to generate it? Staffing. Supplies...
09/01/2026

Your organization may be watching revenue closely. But are you watching what it costs to generate it? Staffing. Supplies. Technology. Facilities. RCM.

When expenses rise faster than performance, margins can shrink, even when revenue looks healthy.

Join PDS and Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting for From Cost Data to ROI: Finding and Managing Your Practice’s Biggest Expense Drivers and learn how to identify where costs may be outpacing performance and where there’s real opportunity to improve.

* 30 minutes or less * Live text Q&A throughout

📅 September 22 at 11 AM Eastern -https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5917881966730/WN_AMuvqz1HT4KEDYumJQ1FYA

📅 September 24 at 2 PM Eastern - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4117881974322/WN_lY11u0KxSEGRc7NH2wbIDQ

Choose your day: https://pds-online.com/webinars/

Speakers: Shawntea Gordon and Russell Hendrickson

08/16/2026

Patients remember:
• Waiting
• Delays
• Long visits
• Poor communication
Join PDS to uncover exactly where delays occur and identify opportunities to improve patient flow. Learn how predictive models can connect operational metrics with patient experience.

WEBCAST: Creating Predictive Models to Improve Patient Experience

● Thursday, August 20 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017852437179/WN_ZDvtPvZ2SYOUToMMaKm0zg

● Friday, August 21 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC) -https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5117852438196/WN_d69ncjIvQnGSxR7dy_1i8g

08/08/2026

Instead of asking: "Why are some providers seeing more patients?"
Ask: "What can everyone else learn from them?"
Predictive analytics isn't always about AI.

Sometimes it's benchmarking top performers, identifying operational differences, and calculating improvement potential. Join us to see how.

WEBCAST: Creating Predictive Models to Improve Patient Experience

● Thursday, August 20 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017852437179/WN_ZDvtPvZ2SYOUToMMaKm0zg
● Friday, August 21 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC) -https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5117852438196/WN_d69ncjIvQnGSxR7dy_1i8g


Join PDS for an August Event: Predict No-Shows, Optimize Capacity, and Improve the Patient Experience – Two Dateshttps:/...
08/02/2026

Join PDS for an August Event: Predict No-Shows, Optimize Capacity, and Improve the Patient Experience – Two Dates

https://pds-online.com/news/august-event-predict-no-shows-optimize-capacity-and-improve-the-patient-experience-two-dates/

Choose Your Time and Date for Creating Predictive Models to Improve Patient Experience on:

● Thursday, August 20 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7117852437398/WN_ZDvtPvZ2SYOUToMMaKm0zg

● Friday, August 21 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC) -https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8917852438357/WN_d69ncjIvQnGSxR7dy_1i8g

Healthcare organizations collect millions of data points every day. The challenge isn't having data. It's knowing how to...
07/30/2026

Healthcare organizations collect millions of data points every day. The challenge isn't having data. It's knowing how to use it to answer questions like:
● Which providers have additional patient capacity?
● Which appointments are most likely to become no-shows?
● Where are patient wait times hurting satisfaction?
● How much additional revenue could operational improvements create?

Join our upcoming webcast to see how predictive models can help healthcare organizations improve patient access, patient experience, and operational performance.

WEBCAST: Creating Predictive Models to Improve Patient Experience
● Thursday, August 20 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7117852437398/WN_ZDvtPvZ2SYOUToMMaKm0zg

● Friday, August 21 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC) - https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8917852438357/WN_d69ncjIvQnGSxR7dy_1i8g

This concise, 30-minute webcast includes a live Q&A text chat, giving attendees the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the moderators in real time.

Save Your Spot Now: https://pds-online.com/webinars/

07/05/2026

The best healthcare dashboards aren't built with better visuals alone—they start with the right data models, thoughtful design, and reporting strategies that decision-makers can actually trust.

See this webcast, An Introduction to Healthcare Dashboards with Power BI, in its entirety to learn more about:

● Leveraging Excel workbooks as a starting point for Power BI
● Designing financial and operational dashboards that reveal trends, gaps, and opportunities
● Using data models to ensure accurate, scalable, and trusted reporting
● Best practices for visualization to engage leadership, physicians, and staff

Whether you're building dashboards for revenue cycle, finance, patient access, or operations, you'll leave with practical ideas you can apply immediately

Go to the PDS YouTube Channel now: https://youtu.be/fndoBWudpco

A good healthcare dashboard should help users identify: ● What’s performing well ● What needs attention ● Where the bigg...
06/14/2026

A good healthcare dashboard should help users identify:
● What’s performing well
● What needs attention
● Where the biggest opportunity exists
That’s why chart selection matters.

In this session, we explore practical healthcare examples showing how different chart types impact interpretation, clarity, and decision-making.

If you build dashboards for executives, physicians, operations, finance, or clinical teams, this webinar will give you new ideas to apply immediately.

Choose Your Day and Time:

● Tuesday, June 16 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8617793003684/WN_8X3qPkqTTJu9g0PJTq5DBw

● Wednesday, June 17 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC)https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9417793006527/WN_EzmkJ4avT32RxEGzCXdBqA

Are your patient access KPIs telling the whole story?Many healthcare organizations track scheduling metrics, but without...
06/13/2026

Are your patient access KPIs telling the whole story?

Many healthcare organizations track scheduling metrics, but without industry benchmarks, it can be difficult to know whether performance is actually strong or simply average.

One Academic Medical Center faced this challenge while managing data from multiple scheduling systems.

After implementing an analytics solution from Practical Data Solutions, they gained:
● Industry benchmark comparisons
● Standardized scheduling metrics
● Time-to-appointment visibility
● Bump ratio analysis
● Automated provider reporting

The ability to compare performance against external benchmarks gave leadership the context needed to identify opportunities and drive scheduling improvements.

How is your organization benchmarking patient access performance today?

More Details: https://pds-online.com/case-study/incorporating-academic-benchmarks/

What happens when healthcare leaders finally get physician productivity data they can trust?A multidisciplinary physical...
06/07/2026

What happens when healthcare leaders finally get physician productivity data they can trust?

A multidisciplinary physical medicine organization partnered with Practical Data Solutions after struggling to gain clear visibility into physician productivity and operational performance.

By combining data from multiple EHR systems and implementing an automated solution, they gained the ability to:
● Point and click to compare work RVUs for accurate measurement of physician productivity
● Quickly analyze E&M coding curves
● Rapidly analyze posting charge delays
● Integrate appointment scheduling with productivity
● Understand the impact on patient satisfaction
● Automate reporting and distribution of physician productivity dashboards

The result? Leadership moved from questioning the data to proactively managing physician performance and growth.

If you're still spending more time gathering productivity data than acting on it, this case study is worth a look.
See the full story: https://pds-online.com/case-study/specialty-clinic-maximizes-physician-productivity/

Pie charts aren’t always wrong. Spider charts aren’t always bad. But sometimes there’s a better way to communicate healt...
06/06/2026

Pie charts aren’t always wrong. Spider charts aren’t always bad. But sometimes there’s a better way to communicate healthcare data.

In our webinar, “Charts to Avoid When Designing Healthcare Dashboards,” we walk through:

● Common charting mistakes
● Better chart alternatives
● Real healthcare dashboard examples
● Ways to improve clarity and engagement

Because better visuals lead to better decisions.

● Tuesday, June 16 at 11:00 AM Eastern (NYC) or
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8617793003684/WN_8X3qPkqTTJu9g0PJTq5DBw

● Wednesday, June 17 at 3:00 PM Eastern (NYC)
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9417793006527/WN_EzmkJ4avT32RxEGzCXdBqA

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