Dashboards/Metrics Visualization Rapid Fire

Turn your clinical pathway data into something people actually use. This rapid-fire session showcases real-world dashboards from leading pediatric hospitals, highlighting how tools like Excel, Power Query, and Power BI can transform messy data into clear, actionable insights. See how high-impact metrics are visualized for frontline teams and leadership, and learn practical ways to simplify reporting, speed up analysis, and drive smarter, data-informed decisions across your organization.

Learning Objectives:

• Compare different data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, PowerBI, PowerQuery) used by hospitals to track and report clinical pathway metrics.
• Evaluate how process, outcome, and balancing metrics are displayed and shared with various audiences, including frontline staff and leadership.
• Apply insights from dashboard examples to improve the accessibility, frequency, and impact of metric reporting within your own organization.

---

Jarrod Dusin, PhD, RD, CPHQ

Director, Evidence-Based Practice

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Pathways4Kids Steering Committee

• LinkedIn

Jarrod Dusin, PhD, RD, CPHQ is the Director of Evidence-Based Practice at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, where he leads the development and implementation of clinical pathways. He also oversees the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, providing strategic leadership and evidence-based support. Jarrod has a special interest in patient and family engagement.

Other Presenters

Kelsey Zindel is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and dual-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner serving as the Manager of Clinical Effectiveness at Children’s Nebraska. She leads quality improvement, clinical pathway development, and data-driven initiatives, transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights. Her work advances EHR-integrated pathways that enhance care consistency and outcomes. LinkedIn

Valerie Harfield, Information Specialist for Arkansas Children’s. She acts as a bridge between the IS department and Clinical Pathways. She leads the processes for pulling pathway populations and metrics, creating queries in SQL to pull data directly from Epic to be used in Power BI Dashboards for pathway utilization visualizations. She is passionate about automating workflows, creating dashboards, validating information from the start, and ensuring accuracy and understandability of data. LinkedIn

Emily Rader, MSN, RN, CPN Director of Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes at Arkansas Children’s. Emily Rader leads initiatives to improve pediatric care through evidence-based practice and data-driven strategies. She directs interdisciplinary teams, champions system-wide clinical pathway development, and fosters collaboration to enhance patient safety and outcomes. With a strong background in nursing leadership, Emily is committed to advancing clinical excellence and creating measurable, sustainable improvements in healthcare delivery. LinkedIn

Jenna Leng is the Clinical Effectiveness Program Manager at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. She focuses on utilizing knowledge, practice, and data to standardize clinical care across the organization and community. Using clinical pathways, Jenna and her team have improved patient outcomes. She focuses on quality improvement by incorporating the latest evidence-based practice to standardize care for every patient.

Recording and Slide Downloads