Welcome to the Onyx Data April 2025 Challenge!

Webinars

Learn more about ZoomCharts visuals & gain a knowledge advantage in the contest by joining the upcoming webinars! You'll also get the chance to your ask questions and get expert answers in the Q&A section.

Upcoming webinars

Power BI for Healthcare – Unlocking Insights from Patient Data

8th April, 2025

08:00 AM - EDT

Explore top healthcare data visualization practices – what works, what doesn’t. Discover proven techniques and actionable insights to better understand patient trends, treatment costs, and hospital performance!

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Top 5 Power BI Dashboards for Healthcare Analysis

30th April, 2025

06:00 AM - EDT

Explore the most impactful Power BI dashboards in healthcare analytics! Join us as we dive into this month’s Top 5 submissions, featuring dashboards that analyze patient demographics, medical conditions, costs, and outcomes across major hospitals.

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How to participate? 

1. Register for the challenge: 

• Download the DataDNA Challenge dataset either on this Challenge page or from Onyx Data website. 
• Register for DataDNA ZoomCharts Mini Challenge.
• Activate your free Drill Down Visuals Developer License for Power BI. Read license setup instructions.

2. Build your report in Power BI: 

• Set up an account in Power BI using the assigned license details (if you have participated in ZoomCharts Challenges in the past, you can use the same account you set up before).
• Use the account to access the full library of custom ZoomCharts Drill Down visuals. 
• Use the dataset to build a Power BI report including at least 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals in one report page. 

3. Improve your report and learn new skills: 

• To learn more about applying ZoomCharts visuals in your reports, participate in the challenge workshop. 
• If you have any questions or need advice, you can book a free individual consultation. 
• Check out the submissions from past challenges for inspiration. 

4. Submit your challenge entry: 

• Submit your report in .pbix format for validation. 
• If your submission doesn’t match the challenge criteria, you will be notified by email indicating the reason. Don't worry if this happens! You can fix the issue and resubmit your report. 
• Together with validation confirmation you will receive a publish to web link that you can use to add the report to your portfolio or publicly share online. 
• All validated entries will receive personalized feedback from the evaluation team. You can use this feedback to revise your report and resubmit it before the deadline. Feel free to resubmit your entry as many times as necessary before the deadline. 

5. Finalize your participation to compete for the prize: 

• Post the final version of your submission as a single image on your LinkedIn profile, including the tags @ZoomCharts and @OnyxData, as well as the hashtags #dataDNA and #builtwithzoomcharts.
• After posting the report on LinkedIn, please complete this form.
• Follow ZoomCharts on LinkedIn 
• Follow Onyx Data on LinkedIn 
• All participants of ZoomCharts Mini Challenge who have filled in the form are also valid to compete in the main Onyx Data DataDNA challenge for a chance to win additional prizes. Read more here. 

6. Attend challenge closing webinar to hear the results: 

• The submissions are evaluated by ZoomCharts team (see "Judging criteria" for more info). The submissions of Top 5 ZoomCharts Mini Challenge finalists are analyzed live during the challenge closing webinar to share the best practices and learning opportunities with the community.
• The author of the best report is rewarded with a $300 Amazon gift card from ZoomCharts. 

You are a data analyst at a national healthcare oversight organization. You’ve been given access to a dataset of 55,500 unique patient records from 10 major hospitals across the U.S. The dataset captures a broad view of hospital admissions, medical conditions, medications, insurance providers, and treatment costs. Your goal is to uncover insights that can drive better healthcare decisions, optimize costs, and improve patient outcomes. Create a compelling Power BI dashboard that tells the story of patient care across hospitals, identifies trends, and helps stakeholders make data-informed decisions.

Key Questions to Answer in Your Analysis:

1. What are the most common age groups, genders, and blood types among patients? Are certain groups being admitted more often than others?
2. Which medical conditions are diagnosed the most, and do they affect certain groups of people more than others?
3. How long do patients typically stay in the hospital for different conditions? Does this vary depending on the hospital or type of admission (emergency, urgent, or planned)?
4. How much does treatment usually cost for each condition? Are there big differences in costs between hospitals or insurance providers?
5. Which hospitals are treating the most patients, and how do they compare in terms of patient outcomes, like test results?
6. What medications are most often prescribed for each condition? Are they being used consistently across hospitals?
7. How are patients admitted - mostly through emergency, urgent, or planned admissions - and how does that impact the length of stay or treatment costs?
8. Which insurance companies are covering the most patients, and how does that relate to treatment costs and patient outcomes?
9. Where are the hospitals located, and are there any regional differences in health conditions, treatment quality, or billing amounts?

Technical requirements

• Build your report using only Power BI
• The number of pages in the report is not limited
• At least one report page has to contain a minimum of 2 ZoomCharts Drill Down Visuals. See a practical guide on Drill Down Visuals here

Judging criteria

Each report is evaluated based on three main criteria: intuitiveness, insightfulness, and interactivity. These factors ensure that the reports are not only accurate and functional, but also meet the target audience's needs and are ready to be presented to the end-users. 

1. Intuitive: How clear and easy it is to understand the report at a glance? (max 15 points)
   • Is the report visually appealing?
   • Choice of charts and visual elements
   • Does the report tell a story?
   • Is it not overwhelming to the user?
   • Choice of tooltips, titles, and legends
     
     
2. Interactive: How engaging and seamless is the report exploration and interaction with data? (max 15 points)
   • Clear navigation that allows user to explore the report
   • Use of slicers and other interactive elements
   • Smooth cross-chart integration
   • Is report optimized for touch devices?
   • Are tutorials and guiding elements helpful to the user?
     
     
3. Insightful: How accurate, complete, and meaningful is the data in driving decisions? (max 15 points)
   • Depth of analysis
   • Data cleaning and preparation
   • Does data show up accurately in the report?
   • Is report optimized for quicker loading time?
   • Does the report provide deeper exploration of data (drill-down)?

Dataset

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1:1 mentoring sessions

You can book a personal session with Senior Product Expert at ZoomCharts, Aivis Pavlovs, to gain practical knowledge about Drill Down Visuals and how they can be used to enhance data storytelling in a report.