Brendan Watkins is the Chief Analytics Officer at Stanford Children’s Health, where he leads the enterprise-wide analytics program which focuses on improving insights across the domains of clinical, operational, strategy and research. In 2019, under Brendan’s leadership, Stanford Children’s Health attained the highest Stage 7 designation from the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for analytics maturity due to the health system’s application of analytics to advance patient care innovations and its data culture.
Prior to joining Stanford Children’s Health, Brendan spent 15 years in various analytics leadership roles at Stanford Health Care and NYU Langone Health. Brendan was one of the inaugural Lean Six Sigma Black Belts at NYU Langone Health where he was responsible for leading change in the organization’s processes and developing a Lean culture. Brendan holds a Masters of Business Administration from NYU Stern School of Business in Management of Technology and Operations.
With analytics, faster, more informed decision-making is possible. This provides opportunities for healthcare leaders and organizations to find greater alignment on priorities, resources and outcomes.