For harnessing big data to understand actual costs and improve patient care, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Care won a 2013 Innovator Award in the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Care’s Most Wired competition, sponsored by H&HN magazine (Hospitals and Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Networks). Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Care’s Value Driven Outcomes (VDO) tool won the Innovator Award for its unique ability to measure the institution’s true health care delivery costs at the most granular level, to break down those costs over the full cycle of a patient’s care, and to compare the costs to outcomes—all in an easy-to-use, web-based format that puts actionable information right into providers’ hands.
Jim Turnbull, chief information officer for Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Utah Hospitals and Clinics spoke with H&HN Senior Editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about VDO.