From the course: Data Governance for the Healthcare Industry
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Data governance strategy and value
From the course: Data Governance for the Healthcare Industry
Data governance strategy and value
- [Instructor] Now that we understand the foundation's organizational structure, let's explore how to develop a strategic approach to governance, differentiate it from data management, and demonstrate its value to your organization. A common source of confusion is the distinction between data governance and data management. Think of governance as setting the rules of the road, while management is the actual driving. Data governance establishes policies, standards, and accountability structures, deciding what should happen to data. Data management executes those decisions through technical processes like data integration, storage, and quality control. Data management uses those technical processes to allow decisions to be executed. In healthcare, this distinction matters because governance decisions often involve clinical, legal and ethical considerations that extend beyond technical implementation. For example, governance determines who can access genetic testing results and under…
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