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Healthcare Organizations Document Major Improvements in Quality, Cost and Efficiency Using Data, Analytics and Professional ServicesSALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A well-defined benchmark in healthcare quality improvement is the Triple Aim—to improve the patient experience and health of populations while also reducing the cost of healthcare. Achieving the three-part goal, however, has been difficult for most healthcare organizations. A bright spot in this environment can be found in organizations that have adopted a systematic approach to the use of data and analytics to guide their improvement initiatives. In 2017, nearly three dozen organizations ranging in size from small community hospitals to some of the nation's largest integrated delivery systems documented 125 improvements in quality, cost and efficiency using technology and improvement processes from Health Catalyst. The 2017 improvements, substantiated in 48 case studies (out of a total of 140 Health Catalyst case studies), represent a 69% year-over-year increase in documented improvement outcomes. Of the 125 outcomes:
"American healthcare is moving in a very positive direction with some real momentum, and the impressive improvements achieved by Health Catalyst's clients indicate they are well positioned to ride that rising wave," said Brent James, MD, a strategic advisor to Health Catalyst who is the former chief quality officer of Intermountain Healthcare and a global leader in bringing quality improvement science and methods to clinical care. "Improvements involving changes in practice across the continuum are extremely difficult to accomplish, so the scale of these improvements is incredibly impressive. Many health systems are still trying to focus on improvement in just one hospital." In addition to improvements in clinical, financial and operational outcomes, 42% of the documented total included improvements in analytics efficiency such as shortened time-to-value, time savings in producing and accessing information, and increased adoption of analytics by the organization. The technology foundation for Health Catalyst's success is the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™), a data-first, analytics and application platform that transforms raw data from virtually any data source into Deep Data— data that is meaningful, and actionable leading to actual business value at a lower cost. DOS accomplishes this by integrating and analyzing critical data from over 200 of the most widely-used data sources, and delivering real-time decision support within the existing workflows of clinicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals. About Health Catalyst Media Contact:
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