Ramakanth Gade

Job Title
Business Analyst

Department/Location
Strategy Deployment and Clinical Optimization/Richmond Hospital

How long have you worked at VCH?
One year.

Tell us what you do at VCH in one or two sentences:
I analyze data and report on it, develop business cases and measure project performance. This means I help develop metrics, improve business processes and automate manual/repetitive tasks – among other things!

What’s your favourite thing about your work?
Everything is interesting, but I enjoy working with data. I take loads of raw data, convert it in to information and analyze that information to identify trends and other factors. This is important because it supports decision-making.

How does your work contribute to the VCH True North goals?
The True North goals are reflected in everything we do in our team. I believe the Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) project will also help me reach these goals. CST has the potential to deliver a phenomenal shift in the way we provide care to our patients.

It’s critical for me to get data quickly to identify trends and roadblocks preventing patient flow. Today I access information in clinical information systems, but this can be difficult and time-consuming because each site has its own.

Through CST, I will be able to get data from one system shared between VCH, PHSA and PHC. This will help analysts like me access real time information and identify problems. It also means clinical staff can see their patients more holistically and provide them with better care.

One thing we might be surprised to learn about you:
I recently published an app called “Horoscope Evaluator” – it’s a free app available from iTunes’ App Store and Google’s Play Store. I know, shameless advertising!

Three things you always have in your fridge:
Milk, buttermilk and tomatoes.

Who or what inspires you?
This quote by MJ DeMarco (author of The Millionaire Fastlane) inspires me: “AltaVista existed before Google…Folgers existed before Starbucks…Budweiser existed before Sam Adams…MySpace existed before Facebook…Rio MP3 players existed before iPods…Where would we be if we listened to all the naysayers who said, ‘Why bother? Somebody’s already doing it!’It’s ALWAYS being done…You can do it BETTER.”

Most healthy habit:
Eating an “Almond Roca” after lunch every day (just kidding). And drinking lots and lots of water – at least four to five litres every day.

Favourite vacation spot:
Munnar, India. It’s in the southwestern state of Kerala.