Case Study: Large Medical Center achieves 90% reduction in surveillance waste and more accurate HAI reporting with Health Catalyst

Enterprise Data Warehouse Improves Efficiency and Accuracy of Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance

Large Medical Center needed to streamline identification and reporting of hospital-acquired infections (CLABSI and CA‑UTI) to meet growing NHSN regulatory requirements and reduce time clinicians spent manually tracking lab results. The hospital engaged Health Catalyst to deploy its Late‑Binding™ Data Warehouse and HAI Advanced Application (with supporting tools like Cohort Finder and the IDEA Platform) to enable automated, NHSN‑compliant surveillance.

Health Catalyst implemented automated clinical algorithms, cohort discovery and near‑real‑time dashboards, validated by six months of chart review, which produced more accurate HAI reporting and a 90% reduction in surveillance resources. As a result, infection preventionists now spend far more time on interventions and education versus data gathering, and the dashboard-driven analytics support broader clinical improvement across the medical center.