This episode of the Patients Come First podcast features an interview with VHHA Vice President of Data and Analytics David Vaamonde, who discusses his passion for leveraging big data and data visualization to derive insights that can help support hospitals and health systems in their efforts to improve operational performance. Send questions, comments, or feedback to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or contact us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/virginiahha (https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fvirginiahha)) using the hashtag #PatientsComeFirst (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PatientsComeFirst).