Case Study: Cancer Care Delivery System achieves 450% increase in EHR staging use and real-time cancer analytics with Health Catalyst

Using a Clinical Data Warehouse to Build a High-quality Cancer Care Delivery System

Cancer Care Delivery System, a large medical center focused on oncology, struggled to get actionable cancer data because key details like staging and treatment timing were documented as free-text in the EHR. To address this gap they engaged Health Catalyst, implementing the Late‑Binding™ Data Warehouse and the Population Analytics Advanced Application – Oncology Module, supported by installation and improvement services.

Health Catalyst built an enterprise data warehouse and defined a cancer registry, integrated EHR and other data sources, and deployed oncology-specific analytics and visualizations for near‑real‑time tracking. The initiative drove measurable improvements: staging documentation for the breast cohort rose from 4% to 40%, overall staging across three cohorts increased 450% (4% to 22%), manual spreadsheets were replaced by automated tracking, and baseline measures for time‑to‑treatment and protocol outcomes were established — putting the Cancer Care Delivery System on track toward its 90% documentation goal.