The demand for patient care is rising in Minnesota, and consumers have increasing choice in their care. Fairview’s challenge is to meet the need with quality and efficiency. Most health systems in the country need to transform to provide the best care at the lowest cost to their community. Fairview recognized that it will require evolving from managing its hospitals and sub-acute infrastructure as independent entities to a more operationally-integrated delivery system. “We knew that what we needed to do next would have to be nothing short of transformational in order to truly meet the needs of our health care consumers and improve the care giving experience for our teams,” said Marlena Kane, vice president, Fairview Consumer Solutions and System Operations Center. Fairview Healt

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