For users running SAS 9.4 maintenance release 4 or later, the LIBNAME JSON engine is a great feature that allows JSON data to be read into SAS with only a few lines of code. For those  without access to the JSON engine…

A data quality dashboard can be a very useful tool for displaying the state of your organisation’s data, but if these are not approached and designed correctly then they can become confusing and frustrating for your users…

Innovative models are now allowing health care organisations to drive cost reductions and create personalised treatment plans in ways which wouldn’t have been possible, even a few years ago…

At Butterfly Data, we truly believe that harnessing the power of data analytics has become essential for success in the healthcare industry…

What is the recipe for a successful strategy day? When you say ‘Strategy Day’, I wonder how many employees will groan and book a day off…

Every healthcare organisation has access to vast amounts of data. These might range from patient records and health outcomes to data collections and health information…

Butterfly has recently introduced a quarterly internal newsletter for our staff to keep up to date with all the exciting things we are getting up to as a company- so why not produce quarterly updates for our blog readers? 

The NHS handles vast amounts of data on a daily basis - everything from patient records to imaging scans to genomic sequences. As the volume and variety of health data continues to grow, NHS and other healthcare organisations are appointing Chief Data Officers (CDOs)…

While it is undeniable that online learning has its benefits, it has never been a totally effortless sell. Competing priorities, distractions, and any feelings of aimlessness can often prevent our learning…

The communication of statistics to the general public is generally a well covered topic. Statistics are used in all parts of our lives, ranging from the news, to politicians, to usage in many people’s day to day work…