From a Small Forum to a Global Community
Since 2001, HDAA has grown from a single meeting of data professionals into a thriving association spanning 42 countries — all united by a commitment to better healthcare through analytics.
How It All Began
Individuals from Intermountain Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services proposed a peer forum for discussing healthcare data warehousing — free of marketing influence.
The group established membership guidelines — providers large and small, payers, healthcare-related agencies — with minimal overhead, an emphasis on volunteers, and adopted the name Healthcare Data Warehousing Association.
The organization formalized its mission and incorporated under its current name: HDAA, placing healthcare analytics at the service of improved patient outcomes.
A Growing, Global Community
7,000+
Members representing hundreds of provider and payer organizations
42
Countries represented across North America, Canada, and beyond
400+
Annual conference attendees with multiple tracks, panels, and roundtables
Stepping Up When It Mattered Most
During the COVID-19 pandemic starting in spring 2020, healthcare analytics was front and center in the national conversation.
HDAA hosted more than two dozen town halls in 2020 and 2021 devoted to COVID-19 analytics and equity in healthcare delivery, encompassing predictive modeling, case rate aggregation, and understanding disparities in care.
The town halls continue today as an online discussion platform for trends in the profession — a lasting legacy of HDAA’s commitment to keeping practitioners connected and informed.
Programs and Initiatives
Developed in partnership with Rutgers Business School, this webinar series attracts the next generation of healthcare analytics practitioners by uniting students with nearly two dozen working professionals.
Over a dozen special interest groups covering a wide range of technologies and practices, enabling members to go deep on the topics most relevant to their work.
HDAA is piloting local chapters in seven locations, fostering local meetups, regional topics, and networking with neighbors in the healthcare analytics community.
Annual Conferences Since 2001
HDAA has held annual conferences dating back to its founding, originally as the Healthcare Data Warehousing Association (HDWA) before broadening its scope.
- 2001 Salt Lake City, UT — Intermountain Healthcare
- 2003 Albuquerque, NM — Presbyterian Hospital
- 2004 Dallas, TX — Baylor Health System
- 2005 Houston, TX — M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 2006 Sacramento, CA — Sutter Health
- 2007 Springfield, OR — PeaceHealth
- 2008 Salt Lake City, UT — Intermountain Healthcare
2009–2011: Virtual events (no in-person records)
- 2012 Ottawa, ON, Canada — The Ottawa Hospital
- 2013 Scottsdale, AZ — Banner Health
- 2014 Portland, ME — MaineHealth
- 2015 Grand Rapids, MI — Spectrum Health
- 2016 Denver, CO — Catholic Health Initiatives
Cleveland Clinic
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Michigan Medicine
COVID-19 Response
In-person return
Children’s Hospital Colorado
UNC Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nov 9–12 — DFW Chapter
Be Part of the Story
We raise our collective voices, design programs, and educate each other to improve patient and family outcomes. It is complex, hard work — but the professional and personal rewards are unparalleled.