Using Data to Spotlight Variation and Transform Total Joint Care
Using Data to Spotlight Variation and Transform Total Joint Care
7 PagesCopyright © 2017 Health Catalyst 1 Using Data to Spotlight Variation and Transform Total Joint Care Success Story HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION Community Hospital PRODUCTS Health Catalyst ® Analytics Platform, including the Late-BindingTM Data Warehouse and broad suite of analytics applications Key Process Analysis (KPA) Application Joint Replacement - Hip and Knee Improvement Application SERVICES Professional Services EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Total Hip (THA) and Total Knee (TKA) Arthroplasty are the most prevalent surgeries for Medicare patients, numbering over 400,000 cases in 2014, costing more than seven billion dollars annually for the hospitalization alone. Today, more than seven million Americans have hip or knee implants, and the number is rising. Furthermore, substantial v
