Author Archives: DaltonRuer

Visualizing Population Health from a Personal Perspective

Posted on December 19, 2017 by DaltonRuer

Great People One of the lessons in life that I’ve found to be very true was that you should surround yourself with great people. Gotta say I’m so amazingly blessed to have been able to learn from some of the … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Data Fluency

Posted on August 30, 2017 by DaltonRuer

The real question that’s plagued the world has never been “Should I visualize the data?” it’s always been “How should I visualize the data?” Because it’s not that people don’t want to see things visually it’s a matter of how … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Population Health from a Community Perspective

Posted on August 7, 2017 by DaltonRuer

In my previous post I asked you to consider Population Health from a Global Perspective. I understand completely how hard that is to do.  The world can be a scarier enough place without having to imagine how we can improve … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Population Health from a Global Perspective

Posted on July 25, 2017 by DaltonRuer

The Problem(s) with Population Health I’ve got a nickel that says you are probably undertaking a Population Health Initiative. Everyone else in the world is so it’s safe to say you are as well. As the Qlik Healthcare team travels … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Population Health

Posted on July 24, 2017 by DaltonRuer

Wintality Several years ago I read the term Wintality via posts from Auburn softball players. I liked the term so much that I proceeded to write not 1, not 2 but 8 posts to my own softball related website. Each … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Data at REST

Posted on July 13, 2017 by DaltonRuer

My boy Sir Isaac Newton is famous for a few laws he wrote about motion. His first such law on the topic says: An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object … Continue reading →

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The World “is” Flat

Posted on April 17, 2017 by DaltonRuer

Oh sure those nerdy science types will give you explanations and “supposed” evidence that the world isn’t round. Blah-blah-blah. But let’s face it … we are humans and the way our brains work it’s simply easier to see things in … Continue reading →

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Removing the clutter

Posted on February 13, 2017 by DaltonRuer

Ask any Data Visualization expert and one of the best pieces of advice that they will give you is “remove the clutter” so that your “data can tell the story.” Would it be going to far if I suggested that … Continue reading →

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What in the world were you thinking???

Posted on September 18, 2016 by DaltonRuer

I can tell you that as the father of two daughters, the grandfather of 7 and a 20 year veteran coach/instructor for thousands of adolescent female athletes I’ve probably said “What in the world were you thinking” at least a … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Data that does not exist … aka Readmissions Dashboard

Posted on July 29, 2016 by DaltonRuer

Many who make requests seem to have a belief that Business Intelligence is magic. They loose their ability to listen to logic and reason and simply ask you to do the impossible. Many who make requests seem to have a belief … Continue reading →

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