Becker's Healthcare December 3, 2024
Giles Bruce

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health is analyzing its big data repository for clinical insights into its millions of patients.

Here are five things to know, according to a Becker’s interview with Mark Townsend, MD, chief clinical innovation officer at Bon Secours Mercy Health:

1. The 48-hospital system partnered with data analytics company Omny Health in 2022 to enable Bon Secours Mercy Health researchers to extract clinical insights from its 11 million annual patient encounters. The platform “allows us to, essentially, put out a specific clinical scenario and then go and find the needle in the haystack,” Dr. Townsend said.

2. Two recent successes for the project have been boosting support and tracking of expectant mothers and connecting patients to clinical...

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