Allina Health Employs Healthcare Informatics
Allina Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system that owns or operates 14 hospitals and over 90 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The organization created an enterprise-wide data warehouse of clinical, financial, operational, patient satisfaction, and other data. The data is used to calculate and track various healthcare measures that measure performance and can identify opportunities for improvement.
Review Questions
1. What sort of training and experience is needed by the individuals who built and operate this system? What about by the individuals who use this system?
2. Identify several sources from which the data for this system may be obtained.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Provide several examples of key patient healthcare measures that are tracked by this system.
2. Provide an example or two of how this system might be used to identify an opportunity for improvement in the treatment of patients.