Case studies
How people use Data Doughnut to make one real decision, from their first question to their answer. Each story uses a different desk.
AI connector · any desk
Data Doughnut inside your AI toolA hospital strategy analyst asks their AI assistant one question and gets back a board-ready memo. The memo mixes public data with the hospital's own numbers, and every public figure links to the page it came from.
Rural Development · Grant Wizard
From “we need a truck” to a filed grantA small rural fire district gets from “we need a new truck” to a ready-to-submit federal application in about an hour of clicking. The wizard finds, checks and plans. The district writes and submits.
CareSite Ops
The Monday morning watch listA regional director spends 15 minutes every Monday to pick the two buildings that need a visit this week.
Disaster Readiness
When the storm comesTwo days before a hurricane makes landfall, a county emergency manager knows which nursing homes, dialysis centers and hospitals are in its path. They also know where the buses and supplies will gather.
Network Strategy
Should we open a home health branch here?A home health company's growth lead narrows five candidate markets to one in an afternoon. They bring the evidence to the expansion meeting.
Network Strategy
A community health needs assessment in days, not monthsA small nonprofit hospital gathers the data for its required three-year community health needs assessment in two weeks, not the usual four to six months. It also skips the consultant's fee.
Site Select
Picking a plant siteA state economic developer answers a manufacturer's site request in three days with a two-site shortlist. It usually takes three weeks.
Rural Development
Funding a rural water projectIn one evening, a county commissioner learns that their water line project qualifies for USDA Rural Development money, and which programs to apply to.
Farm & Markets
Corn or soybeans next spring?In November, a family farm decides how to split next year's acres between corn and soybeans. They also decide when to buy fertilizer and fuel.
Legislation
From bill to comment letterA rural broadband advocate tracks a state bill and a federal rule on the same issue. They file a public comment before the deadline and send it to their delegation.
Region Brief
Selling a region to a new employerA regional partnership builds one profile for its five counties and compares it with two rival regions. Then it pitches a site consultant with the two areas where it wins.
Region Brief · Site Select
The small-business 504 loan landscapeA community bank's business development officer finds four counties where businesses are growing but SBA 504 lending is thin. Those counties become next year's outreach list.The people, places and numbers in these stories are made up to show how the pages work. The pages and the public data behind them are real.