How Health Systems Are Transforming Their Data Management

A predictive model that helps emergency room physicians understand a patient’s sepsis risk and a real-time dashboard that supports nurse managers monitoring central lines are just a couple of the data-rich tools created by the Analytics Resource Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.The highly ranked pediatrics system is a leader in the industry’s race to use data to improve care delivery. The Aurora-based provider credits the success of its data initiatives to a culture change, says Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer Kerri Webster.Children’s Hospital Colorado previously relied on a traditional data warehousing platform that ran analytics only once data had been extracted from various sources and transformed into a standardized format, Webster says.