The dashboard reality check

Is your dashboard a decision tool, or just a report?

Most healthcare organisations have more dashboards than ever.

The question is whether those dashboards are helping leaders make better decisions, or simply creating more visibility.

First, where should we send your results?

Enter your details to begin. It takes about two minutes.

Rate each statement from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).

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Are we measuring what matters?

We can clearly explain why each of our most important dashboards exists.
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For our most important dashboards, we can identify the specific decisions they are designed to support.
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We regularly challenge whether long-standing KPIs still reflect our current priorities and goals.
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Do we understand what the numbers are telling us?

When a key performance metric changes, we understand which other measures we need to review alongside it.
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Our leadership teams focus as much on the drivers of performance as they do on the outcomes.
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Our dashboards help us understand why performance is changing, not just whether it is changing.
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Do our dashboards reflect reality?

Our metrics reflect how services actually operate, not how we assume they operate.
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The same metric means the same thing across departments, sites, and teams.
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The people responsible for acting on dashboard insights trust the underlying data.
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Can we act before the problem gets bigger?

We routinely identify deteriorating performance before it becomes a formal escalation or monthly review issue.
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When a metric moves significantly, ownership and accountability are immediately clear.
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Our dashboards help leaders intervene earlier, not simply explain performance after the fact.
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Are we ready for AI?

We have agreed definitions for the measures that matter most to our organisation.
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We know who owns our most important data and KPIs.
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We are confident that AI would improve our decision-making rather than amplify existing confusion.
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