HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS & ADVISORY

Transforming Healthcare
Through Data

Cortex Health Advisors helps healthcare organizations use analytics to identify growth opportunities, improve operational performance, and make faster, more confident decisions.


Fractional CDO

Executive data leadership

Enterprise Analytics

Strategy to execution

Boston Based

Serving clients nationwide

——  OUR APPROACH

Turning Complex Healthcare Data Into Clear Business Decisions

Healthcare organizations do not need more dashboards. They need a clearer view of what is driving financial performance, operational efficiency, and strategic growth.

Cortex Health Advisors works with healthcare leaders to connect financial, operational, clinical, and workforce data—creating actionable insights that support better decisions and measurable results.


  • Financial performance clarity

  • Governance leaders can trust

  • Financial performance clarity

  • Governance leaders can trust

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FASTER EXECUTIVE DECISION CYCLES

——  FROM DATA TO DECISIONS

From Data to Decisions

We understand that effective healthcare delivery in the modern era requires more than just collecting data. It requires strategic thinking, robust infrastructure, strong analytics, sound governance, and a clear path toward advanced technologies and AI.


Strategy

Aligned to enterprise priorities

Infrastructure

Trusted, governed data

Adoption

Insight used, not shelved

——  WHAT WE DO

Our Services

Practical analytics expertise designed to help healthcare organizations turn data into measurable business impact.

01

Fractional Chief Data Officer

Help healthcare organizations establish data strategy, governance, and leadership without the overhead of a full-time executive.

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02

Analytics Assessment

Evaluate your analytics capabilities, identify gaps, and create a practical roadmap for improvement.

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03

Analytics & Operating Model Transformation

Build the people, processes, technology, and operating models required to scale analytics across the organization.

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04

Data-Driven Management
System Implementation

Create management systems that connect data, performance metrics, accountability, and decision-making.

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05

Data Platform & Governance Development

Establish the data foundation, governance framework, and architecture required for trusted enterprise analytics.

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——  MEET OUR FOUNDER

Healthcare Analytics Expertise Built for the C-Suite

Rob Forsberg founded Cortex Health Advisors after leading data and analytics teams in large, complex health systems, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham.

With experience partnering across finance, operations, clinical leadership, and executive teams, Rob helps healthcare organizations use analytics to identify opportunities, improve performance, and make more confident decisions. His work focuses on turning fragmented data into trusted insights, and ensuring alignment and strong governance of analytics capabilities in support of financial improvement, operational execution, access, quality, and affordability.

Rob holds an MBA from Boston University and brings a practical, health-system-tested perspective to every engagement.


——  INSIGHTS

Ideas for Better Healthcare Decisions

Practical perspectives on healthcare analytics, data strategy, operational performance, and the future of data-driven healthcare.

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Healthcare Analytics Article 01

Most Hospital Dashboards Fail

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Data Strategy Article 02

The Answer Is the Data. Are You Looking at the Right Data?

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——  ENGAGEMENTS

In-Person and Remote Engagements

Cortex Health Advisors primarily operates out of Boston, but we serve clients across the United States.

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