As a tool developed by neonatologists for neonatologists and pediatricians, PediNotes was built with powerful data features ranging from intuitive in-program functions to high-level data warehousing. Our team understands how clinically important data is both in the NICU and other hospital departments.
PediNotes is designed to allow doctors, clinicians, and nurses to be able to easily find and get data out of our software any time they want, rather than depending on a third-party tool to help them pull analytics. PediAnalytics are the in-program data analytics that you can run on your own in PediNotes. Functions include real-time analytics, data retrieval, and pre-packaged reporting.
One of the most recent improvements we’ve made to PediAnalytics is the ability to export a spreadsheet with data based on parameters defined by the user. This data can then be analyzed in spreadsheet form or through Microsoft’s Power BI, a free tool that can be used to manipulate and visually organize data.
In this blog, we’re taking a look at the different types of data you can track in PediAnalytics, how to export it from PediNotes, and what you can do with it for further analysis.
How to Use PediAnalytics + Export a Spreadsheet
PediAnalytics was designed with the user in mind. The program itself is very easy to use in the PediNotes interface – you do not have to be a programmer to operate it.
The PediAnalytics tab is located in the main menu of the PediNotes interface. To run search queries for data, use basic “and” / “or” search parameters. PediAnalytics allows you to set filters by birth date, admission date, and more to run queries and generate reports with your data. When this data is returned in PediAnalytics, you can use filters to easily organize it based on the information you’re looking for, or you can click on a patient of interest to visit that patient’s specific screen.
Data organized in PediAnalytics includes patient name, account number, birth date and place, demographic data, gestational ages, and more.
Queries can be saved in PediNotes to easily pull data you need on a regular basis like admissions information, positive blood culture, sex differences, gestational ages, low birth weights, etc.
One new feature of PediAnalytics is the ability to group data within a query. Once the data is returned from your initial search, you can use “and” / “or” search parameters to create sub groups based on your specifications. This adds more complex functionality to PediAnalytics and gives you the opportunity to create highly detailed queries and reports as needed.
Another new feature of PediAnalytics is the ability to export your customized reports. The embedded worksheet can be saved as an Excel workbook, PDF, CSV, or TXT file.
Overall, PediAnalytics gives you easy, bedside access to all of your patient data and allows you to export this data for further analysis as needed.
Using Power BI to Analyze PediAnalytics Data
After exporting data from PediAnalytics, our team uses Microsoft’s Power BI to analyze the information further and create graphs and other graphics. Power BI is a free product that is available for anyone to download. Although the program may look complicated at first glance, it’s very easy to use.
Analyzing data helps us answer the question why do I do what I do? We often look at data on a yearly basis to compare and analyze year-to-year trends.
Power BI also has the functionality to pull real-time data through the PediNotes Data Cube to return analytics based on parameters you define on a regular basis.
How Often is PediNotes Updated?
Although PediNotes can be used as a standalone application, the strength of our EMR is its interoperability. As a modular EMR, PediNotes pulls and organizes data from multiple sources, like the existing hospital’s EMR, and allows you to interact with it in a user-friendly interface. Ultimately, PediNotes allows you to save more time to focus on your patients.
PediNotes is based off ideas from a community of neonatologists, administrators, nursing staff, and specialists. We are constantly finding new ways to improve our EMR as these experts find new functionalities they need that aren’t currently available.
We release new updates for PediNotes every two to three months after extensive beta testing. It’s important for us to make sure that our updates work well and provide more value to our product before they are released.
Our bottom line is to make PediNotes a tool that helps you take better care of your patients. If you have ideas for new features in PediNotes that we haven’t provided, we are always happy to hear them. Send us an email at info@pedinotes.com or give us a call at (225) 214-6421. Working together is how we make PediNotes better for everyone.
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