E68 - Rachel Fojtik - Data Storytelling in the Healthcare Industry

Rachel Fojtik Directs Business Engagement for Data & Digital
Solutions at Mater Health Services and is Managing Director at
Data Literate by Design.


Mater Health Services has an extensive network of hospitals,
health centres, and related businesses across Queensland. Mater
Hospitals have played a key role in the provision of healthcare
in Queensland since 1906.


On the other hand, Data Literate by Design helps organisations
develop and implement their data literacy strategy by focussing
on Culture, Capability and Communication


Rachel is currently responsible for Business Engagement in
Mater’s Data and Digital Solutions team, with a key focus on the
engagement of businesspeople in using data effectively to make
decisions. In this function, Rachel is working towards the
organisational goal of becoming data-driven, by being the
interface with businesspeople and clinicians, by providing
training around data,  and by setting up communities of
practice where employees across the organisation interested in
analytics can collaborate.


Rachel was previously the Director of Analytics and Performance
at Mater. In this role, she


implemented Mater’s first hub and spoke model for data and
analytics, enabling people all around the business to develop the
analysis tools they required. Other achievements in this function
include implementing an end to end data analysis platform and
managing a high performing team.


Before Mater, Rachel coordinated and set up a number of
end-to-end data and analytics platforms, and best practice data
standards in organisations such as Citi, CS Energy and Queensland
Health.


In this exclusive episode, Rachel shares with us some
thought-provoking tips and strategies on data literacy, data
storytelling, and engagement building between businesspeople and
digital teams.


Here are the key focus areas of the interview:


How to increase data literacy in any organisation.

What data literacy means for a business and the impact of
data literacy when all the people within your organisation
understand the use of data.

Tips and strategies on how you can increase the use of data
and help the organisation to become more data-driven

How to train and upskill your team members on data
literacy.

Some of the challenges you might face while increasing the
adoption of data technologies

Rachel also shares some of the work she has been doing at
Mater Health Services.

Literacy and engagement in the use of data analytics in the
healthcare industry.

The mindset and approach in the use of data in health care
vs. commercial sectors.

How to use data to tell more about your organization and
infuse data in storytelling

The impact of storytelling on the overall business
performance.



If you are in the executive management team in the healthcare
industry trying to understand how to increase data literacy and
the use of data in your organization, this is the episode you
should not miss!


BusinessAnalytics, DataStorytelling, DataLiteracy, DataAnalytics,
DataScience