BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170719T223000Z DTEND:20170720T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Hub: Data Analytics Users Group DESCRIPTION:"Starting an Analytics Program from Scratch"\n\n\nFeaturing Betsy McVay\, Vice President/Chief Analytics Officer\, UnityPoint Health \n\n \n\nAn attorney by training\, Betsy McVay started the analytics group at UnityPoint Health from scratch\, and will describe this journey. Join us\, as this discussion should be relevant to everyone!\n\n\n\nModerated by Dr. Daniel G. Conway\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nMcVay is Vice President\, Chief Analytics Officer for UnityPoint Health and works with a team that's located across the UnityPoint Health footprint\, including Madison\, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. While she splits her time in three different cities\, she calls West Liberty\, Iowa home. Her passion for using data and information to improve care quality\, efficiency and experience has supported the system's focus on analytics maturity.\n\n\n\nUnder McVay's leadership\, her team focuses on mastering the use of both descriptive and predictive analytics\, which has helped position UnityPoint Health in the top decile for performance measures. Her work prioritizes partnering with clinical and business leadership to solve today's health care challenges. McVay earned her Master of Health Administration and Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University. \n\n\n\nAbout the Data Analytics Users Group\nKey regional leaders in manufacturing and the Department of Defense supply chain have identified the use of data analytics as an important technology impacting our region's competitiveness. To accelerate our region's learning and investment\, the Quad Cities Manufacturing and Innovation Hub has formed a Data Analytics Users Group for members to discuss and leverage their knowledge regarding this particular technology.\n\n\n\nWhy attend? Hear from local experts regarding state-of-the-art technologies instrumental in analytics and best practices for their use. No matter what your knowledge level\, this night will offer an opportunity to build your understanding of this evolving skill set and its business benefits.\n\n\n Agenda:\n Introductions and welcome\n Users group and tech team objectives\n Guest speaker: Betsy McVay\, UnityPoint Health\n Getting connected: 90-sec. "Needs & Leads"\n\n\nThis program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber's Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program. \n\n\n\nLocation partner:\n\n\n\n\n\nLeading organizations:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program\, a partnership between the University of Illinois System\, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce\, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)\, with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense\, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information\, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"\;Starting an Analytics Program from Scratch"\;\n

\nFeaturing Betsy McVay\, Vice President/Chief Analytics Officer\, UnityPoint Health
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\nAn attorney by training\, Betsy McVay started the analytics group at UnityPoint Health from scratch\, and will describe this journey. Join us\, as this discussion should be relevant to everyone!
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\nModerated by Dr. Daniel G. Conway
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\nAbout the speaker
\nMcVay is Vice President\, Chief Analytics Officer for UnityPoint Health and works with a team that&rsquo\;s located across the UnityPoint Health footprint\, including Madison\, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. While she splits her time in three different cities\, she calls West Liberty\, Iowa home. Her passion for using data and information to improve care quality\, efficiency and experience has supported the system&rsquo\;s focus on analytics maturity.
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\nUnder McVay&rsquo\;s leadership\, her team focuses on mastering the use of both descriptive and predictive analytics\, which has helped position UnityPoint Health in the top decile for performance measures. Her work prioritizes partnering with clinical and business leadership to solve today&rsquo\;s health care challenges. McVay earned her Master of Health Administration and Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University.  \;
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\nAbout the Data Analytics Users Group
\nKey regional leaders in manufacturing and the Department of Defense supply chain have identified the use of data analytics as an important technology impacting our region'\;s competitiveness. To accelerate our region&rsquo\;s learning and investment\, the Quad Cities Manufacturing and Innovation Hub has formed a Data Analytics Users Group for members to discuss and leverage their knowledge regarding this particular technology.
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\nWhy attend? Hear from local experts regarding state-of-the-art technologies instrumental in analytics and best practices for their use. No matter what your knowledge level\, this night will offer an opportunity to build your understanding of this evolving skill set and its business benefits.\n\n\n\n
This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber'\;s Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program. \;
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\nLeading organizations:
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\nThis content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program\, a partnership between the University of Illinois System\, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce\, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)\, with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense\, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). \; It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information\, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org.
\n LOCATION:St. Ambrose University/McCarthy 013 Corner of Gaines & Lombard Streets Davenport\, IA UID:e.2843.6093 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T110819Z URL:https://member.quadcitieschamber.com/events/details/hub-data-analytics-users-group-6093 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR