Concept explainer
Where a number comes from
Explains how Falcon shows the lineage of every figure it reports, so a number on a dashboard can be traced back to the events behind it.
Falcon shows the lineage of every figure it reports, so a number on a dashboard traces back to the events behind it. A reader moves from the figure on screen to its definition, and from the definition to the events it counts.
What lineage means
The lineage of a number is the chain from the figure on screen back to the events it counts. A revenue figure resolves to the charges it sums. A waiting figure resolves to the visits it measures. Each figure holds that chain, so a reviewer confirms a number by reading the events beneath it rather than by trusting the label.
From a figure to its events
A reader opens a figure and follows it down in order.
- 1
Read the definition
The figure names the metric it presents and the definition behind it, so a reader sees what the number counts before reading the number itself.
- 2
See the period and scope
The figure carries the period, the site and the payer it was computed over, so two readers comparing a number compare like with like.
- 3
Open the events
The figure resolves to the events it counts, the charges, orders and visits beneath it, each pointing back to the encounter it belongs to.
The definition behind a metric
A metric carries one definition, held once and reused across every dashboard and pack. Because the definition is fixed, a figure means the same thing to the manager who watches it and the analyst who reports it, and a reviewer reads one definition rather than reconstructing several.
Lineage respects access
Lineage runs down to real events in the record, so it resolves under the same access decision that governs the record.
A reader sees the events behind a figure that their role and their relationship to the patient permit. A summary count reads at the level a role allows, and the events beneath it open to the reader entitled to them. This keeps a number auditable while the patient lens holds at the record read path.
A figure stays traceable
Because each figure carries its lineage, a reported number always resolves to the committed events behind it, and those events carry the audit entry written with each change. A reviewer reconstructs how a figure was reached from the record itself.
When a figure is out of date
Events keep moving after a figure is drawn. When the events behind a number have moved on, Falcon marks the figure as out of date, so a reader knows to read it again rather than acting on a stale number.
Common questions
Can I see the events behind a number?
Yes. A figure resolves to the events it counts, and a reader opens those events down to the encounter they belong to, within what their access permits.
Why do two dashboards agree on a number?
Because both draw on one metric definition held once. The definition fixes what the number counts, so the same figure reads the same across dashboards and packs.
What happens when the underlying data changes?
Falcon marks the figure as out of date until it is drawn again, so a reader reads the current number rather than a stale one.
Read how Falcon draws a patient's own picture from the record in patient intelligence.