How Health Catalyst Turns Analytics Into Action Clinicians Actually Use

Episode 814 of the Healthcare IT Today Interviews podcast, hosted by John Lynn, titled "How Health Catalyst Turns Analytics Into Action Clinicians Actually Use" was published on March 18, 2026 and runs 29 minutes.

March 18, 2026 ·29m · Healthcare IT Today Interviews

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[SPONSORED] Healthcare organizations invest heavily in analytics, yet improvement often stalls. Reports arrive late. Dashboards feel disconnected from real clinical work. In this conversation, we unpack why timing, trust, and ownership matter more than another metric.At IHI Forum 2025, Holly Rimmasch, Chief Clinical Officer and SVP of Improvement Services at Health Catalyst, and Kathleen Merkley, SVP of Clinical Improvement, spoked candidly about what actually drives measurable improvement in healthcare. They explore how near-real-time data, AI-guided prioritization, and frontline clinician ownership are changing how health systems approach sepsis, heart failure, cost management, and sustained improvement.🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders.Learn more about Health Catalyst at https://www.healthcatalyst.com/Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Episode Description

[SPONSORED] Healthcare organizations invest heavily in analytics, yet improvement often stalls. Reports arrive late. Dashboards feel disconnected from real clinical work. In this conversation, we unpack why timing, trust, and ownership matter more than another metric.

At IHI Forum 2025, Holly Rimmasch, Chief Clinical Officer and SVP of Improvement Services at Health Catalyst, and Kathleen Merkley, SVP of Clinical Improvement, spoked candidly about what actually drives measurable improvement in healthcare. They explore how near-real-time data, AI-guided prioritization, and frontline clinician ownership are changing how health systems approach sepsis, heart failure, cost management, and sustained improvement.

🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders.

Learn more about Health Catalyst at https://www.healthcatalyst.com/

Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

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