Minneapolis-based health system Allina Health intends to work with Salt Lake City-based data warehousing company Health Catalyst on a 10-year initiative to build a new model for improving outcomes system-wide.
The end goal of the $100-million project is to improve the quality and lower the cost of care for Allina's patients and to provide a model for outcomes improvement across the country. The agreement marks the culmination of a relationship that began in 2008, when Allina Health became Health Catalyst's first customer.
"As payment models continue to transition away from fee-for-service, it becomes increasingly vital for health systems to deeply understand their data in order to pinpoint inefficiencies and then reduce those inefficiencies," said Duncan Gallagher, CFO of Allina Health, in a statement. "This partnership is designed to accomplish that goal in a measurable, scalable, repeatable manner."
Each year, the committee governing the partnership will agree to a prioritized list of data-driven improvement projects with specific, measurable outcomes goals for each project. Economic rewards will be based on the attainment of these goals.
"We expect that this process of using analytics to prioritize projects, in combination with risk-sharing economics, will encourage far more focus and alignment than is found in traditional health system-vendor relationships," said Gallagher.
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