Healthcare Performance & Analytics

Helping healthcare leaders see clearly, act wisely, and deliver better care

We partner with healthcare organizations to build the measurement, evaluation, and accountability frameworks that turn data into decisions and decisions into outcomes.

Guided by Purpose, Driven by Care

At Sage Health Analytics, everything we do begins with a simple belief: that healthcare leaders, providers, and patients deserve access to clear, actionable information that makes a real difference in peoples' lives.

Our Mission

Empowering healthcare organizations to deliver measurably better care

We bring together deep healthcare expertise, rigorous analytics, and a genuine passion for improving health systems to help our partners achieve their most important goals. From the boardroom to the point of care, we build the tools and frameworks that make performance visible, accountability meaningful, and improvement sustainable.

Our Vision

A healthcare system where every decision is informed by evidence and every patient benefits

We envision a future where healthcare organizations across Canada have the infrastructure, insight, and confidence to continuously improve. Where leaders can connect strategy to outcomes, providers can see the impact of their work, and patients receive care that is safe, timely, effective, and equitable.

Our Values

Love for Healthcare

This work is personal. We chose healthcare because the stakes matter. Every framework we build, every metric we design, connects back to real people receiving care. That understanding shapes everything we do.

Integrity First

We tell the truth the data tells. Our clients trust us because we bring honesty and rigour to every engagement, even when the findings are uncomfortable. Good decisions require honest information.

Innovation with Purpose

We embrace new technologies and methods not for their own sake, but because healthcare challenges demand creative solutions. From AI readiness to digital transformation, we bring innovation that serves real needs.

Empowering Leaders

We don't just deliver reports. We build our partners' capacity to lead with confidence, equipping executives, directors, and managers with the tools and understanding to drive improvement long after our engagement ends.

Patient-Centred Always

Every KPI, every evaluation, every strategy ultimately serves the same goal: better outcomes for patients. We design our work around the people who matter most, and we never lose sight of that purpose.

Collaborative Partnership

The best solutions come from working alongside our clients, not above them. We build trust through transparency, listen deeply, and bring a team approach that honours the expertise in the room.

Born from Two Decades in the Heart of Healthcare

Sage Health Analytics was founded on a conviction built over 20+ years inside Canada's healthcare system: that the gap between what organizations know and what they can act on is where the most meaningful improvement happens.

Our founding team has worked at every level of the system, from provincial health authorities and government ministries to primary care networks serving hundreds of thousands of patients. We've designed provincial disease registries, built enterprise risk frameworks, led digital transformations, and published peer-reviewed research on health outcomes.

Today, we bring together healthcare leadership, advanced analytics and data science, and cloud-native AI architecture under one roof. We partner with health ministries, primary care networks, and healthcare organizations across Western Canada to build the measurement and accountability infrastructure that turns good intentions into measurable results.

20+
Years in Healthcare
360K+
Patients Impacted
340+
Physicians Supported
$3M+
Portfolios Managed

Our Capabilities

A comprehensive suite of services designed to meet healthcare organizations wherever they are on their performance journey, and take them further.

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Program Accountability Frameworks

Our signature offering. We design and implement structured frameworks that connect program activities to measurable outcomes, giving leaders clear line-of-sight from strategy to impact. Each PAF includes program definitions, logic models, reporting and evaluation frameworks, and implementation playbooks tailored to your context.

Logic Models KPI Design RACI Matrices Outcome Measurement
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Performance Management & KPI Systems

Multi-level performance management systems spanning board governance, executive leadership, and operational management. We translate organizational strategy into actionable KPIs with real-time dashboards, benchmarking, balanced scorecards, and structured review cadences that drive continuous improvement.

Balanced Scorecards Tableau / Power BI Board Reporting Benchmarking
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Strategic Planning & Execution

We guide healthcare organizations through strategy development and, critically, the harder work of execution. From environmental scans and stakeholder engagement through to operational priority mapping and tactical planning, we ensure strategy translates into coordinated action across the organization.

Strategic Plans Operational Priorities Change Management PROSCI
04

Evaluation & Health Outcomes Research

Rigorous program evaluation grounded in health services research methodology. We design evaluation strategies that measure what matters, from patient-reported outcomes (PROMs/PREMs) and clinical effectiveness to cost-effectiveness and population health impact. Our work is evidence-based and publication-ready.

Program Evaluation PROMs & PREMs Biostatistics Literature Reviews
05

Data Science, Analytics & Business Intelligence

We architect data strategies that bring together fragmented information systems into unified, actionable intelligence. Our team combines advanced biostatistics, machine learning, and modern BI platforms to build automated reporting pipelines, predictive models, and the information infrastructure modern healthcare demands.

Machine Learning Snowflake / AWS Tableau / Power BI EMR Integration
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AI, MLOps & Cloud Architecture

Purpose-built AI and cloud solutions for healthcare. We design and implement Agentic AI systems, RAG-based intelligent assistants, governed data mesh architectures, and scalable MLOps pipelines. Our approach ensures AI adoption is responsible, governed, and aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Generative AI / RAG MLOps / LLMOps AWS / Azure Data Mesh
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Enterprise Risk Management

Comprehensive risk management frameworks aligned with ISO 31000, helping organizations systematically identify, assess, and mitigate strategic, operational, stakeholder, and compliance risks. Our approach connects risk management directly to strategic planning and board governance.

ISO 31000 Risk Registers Board Governance Mitigation Planning
08

Privacy, Cybersecurity & Governance

We build privacy infrastructure that protects patients and enables innovation. From Privacy Impact Assessments and data sharing agreements to cybersecurity frameworks, incident response protocols, and staff training programs, we ensure your organization meets its obligations while maintaining operational agility.

PIAs Data Sharing Agreements Incident Response NIST Framework

Our Engagement Approach

Every engagement follows a structured yet flexible methodology designed to deliver lasting value, not just a final report.

PHASE 01

Discover & Align

We begin by deeply understanding your context: your goals, your challenges, your data landscape, and the people involved. Through stakeholder engagement and baseline assessment, we align on a shared vision for success.

PHASE 02

Design & Develop

We co-design solutions with your team, building frameworks, KPIs, dashboards, and processes that fit your organizational reality. Every deliverable is practical, actionable, and grounded in evidence.

PHASE 03

Implement & Measure

We don't hand off a document and walk away. We support implementation, build capacity through training and change management, and establish the measurement systems that track progress from day one.

PHASE 04

Sustain & Improve

Continuous improvement is built into everything we deliver. We establish review cadences, build internal capability, and create the governance structures that ensure our work endures and evolves long-term.

Results That Matter

A selection of outcomes from our work across healthcare organizations in Western Canada.

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Workforce Management Platform

Designed and led the development of a transformative web-based workforce management application for primary care networks, replacing fragmented manual processes with integrated, real-time analytics.

9 PCNs Connected on a shared analytics platform
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Value-Based Care Analytics

Implemented time-driven activity-based costing methodology to quantify the true cost of care delivery, enabling leadership to optimize resource allocation and demonstrate value for money.

TDABC First unit-costing proof of concept in Alberta PCNs
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Team Utilization Optimization

Data-driven strategies improved how multidisciplinary teams were deployed across clinics, ensuring patients had access to the right providers at the right time while reducing waste.

12% Improvement in MDT utilization
🏠

Provincial Disease Registry

Designed and managed the implementation of Alberta's first Provincial Virtual Chronic Disease Registry, establishing the data infrastructure for population health management across the province.

Province-wide First-of-its-kind registry in Alberta
📈

Government Performance Accountability

Engaged by a provincial health ministry to design a unified performance accountability framework for primary care, addressing fragmented data systems, governance structures, and reporting initiatives across the province.

4-Month Phased collaborative engagement
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Privacy & Risk Infrastructure

Built comprehensive privacy and enterprise risk management programs from the ground up, including 30+ Privacy Impact Assessments, data sharing agreements, incident response protocols, and ISO 31000-aligned risk frameworks.

30+ PIAs and agreements developed

The Team Behind the Work

Sage Health Analytics brings together a team of experienced professionals who have spent their careers inside healthcare, combining executive leadership, clinical research, data science, and cutting-edge AI architecture.

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Peter Rymkiewicz

Principal Consultant & Founder
MSc Health Services Research · BComm · PROSCI

Over 20 years of leadership experience across Alberta's healthcare system, spanning primary care networks, provincial health authorities, and government ministries. Peter has directed measurement and evaluation portfolios, led multi-million-dollar IT and privacy programs, designed provincial disease registries, and published peer-reviewed research on health outcomes. His work has directly impacted care delivery for 360,000+ patients across 340+ physicians. Prior to founding Sage, Peter served as Director at Kyndryl and as Director of Measurement, Evaluation, IT, and Privacy at Mosaic Primary Care Network.

Performance Management Program Evaluation Strategic Planning Privacy & Risk Digital Transformation Board Governance
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Jacob Ji, PhD

Senior Data Scientist & Biostatistician
PhD Statistics · Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary

A strategic data and analytics leader with 14+ years of experience across healthcare and academic settings. Jacob combines advanced biostatistics, machine learning, and modern data platforms to design evaluation methodologies and analytical solutions for complex health system challenges. As an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, he brings academic rigour to applied healthcare analytics. His experience spans Alberta Health Services, primary care networks, and federal health research, with multiple peer-reviewed publications in biostatistics and health informatics.

Biostatistics Machine Learning Python / R / SAS Tableau / Power BI Snowflake / AWS Health Outcomes Research
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Amin Mohammadbagheri

Lead Architect — AI/ML, Data Platforms & Cloud
MSc Control Systems Engineering · AWS ML Specialty · CKA

An architect specializing in AI/ML, data platforms, and cloud solutions with 5+ years delivering transformative outcomes for healthcare, life sciences, and government clients. Currently Lead Architect at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Amin designs Agentic AI systems, RAG-based assistants, and governed data mesh architectures on AWS. His tenure at AWS ProServe saw him lead high-impact engagements totaling over $1.5M while serving as a global MLOps enablement mentor. He brings deep expertise in operationalizing AI at scale for healthcare organizations.

Agentic AI / RAG MLOps / LLMOps AWS / Databricks Data Mesh Architecture Healthcare AI Governance Cloud Solutions

Selected Publications & Presentations

Effects of Longitudinal Changes in Charlson Comorbidity on Prognostic Survival Model Performance

PubMed / NIH, 2016 — Co-authored with researchers from University of Calgary

Partnering with Member Physicians to Improve Equity in Patient Care Through the Medical Home

Conference Presentation, 2018 — Multi-author collaboration

Quality Improvement Using Proactive Patient Encounters to Improve Patient Screening Rates

IHI Conference, Washington DC, 2015 — Institute for Healthcare Improvement

We Care for Our Patients but Do We Understand Them: Impact of Patient Activation on Program Evaluation

Conference Presentation, 2018 — Exploring patient engagement in evaluation design

Using EMR Data to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care

Research Presentation, 2015 — EMR-driven quality improvement

Let's Build Something That Lasts

Whether you're navigating a complex performance challenge, planning a digital transformation, or looking to strengthen your accountability infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada