Centerstone Research Institute Wins TDWI Best
Practices Award with Project Utilizing QlikView
Winning initiative adds $12 to $15 million in revenue, increases quality of care by 25%
August 30, 2010 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
RADNOR, Pa.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--QlikTech (Nasdaq: QLIK) today announced that its
customer, Centerstone Research Institute (CRI), has been recognized as a 2010 Best Practices Award Winner by
The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI).
CRI is a private, not-for-profit company dedicated to improving health care delivery through the marriage of
research and information technology. Based in Indiana and Tennessee, CRI works with community mental health
centers to conduct clinically relevant research and provide high quality services to over 70,000 patients annually. The
company deployed a business intelligence and data warehouse solution in 2008 that helped produce a 30% ($12-15
million) increase in annual revenue in its first year without appreciable increases in cost. In addition, staff productivity
rose 30%, and a 25% rise in treatment plan completion has indicated an increase in the quality of clinical services
provided.
“The purpose of the CRI BI/DW solution was to empower end users, who previously did not have access to data,
with actionable information to inform their business management and clinical practices,” said Thomas Doub, Ph.D.,
Chief Operating Officer at CRI. “Thanks to our use of QlikView in our solution, users can now see and explore vital
information related to service quality, financial viability, and patient outcomes.”
Use of the BI/data warehouse spans the CRI organization from the CEO down to front-line clinicians, who use the
tools every day in their work. In addition to these operational and management tools, predictive models have been
developed in order to better inform clinical decisions about patient care and select optimal treatment options.
“We congratulate CRI on the revenue and productivity gains they have achieved with their