NORTHWELL HEALTH
Northwell Health ’ s Chris Hutchins on how data and analytics are transforming healthcare
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“ T echnology has enabled us to accomplish a lot more than we ’ d imagined ,” says Chris Hutchins , VP , Chief Data and Analytics Officer for New York State ’ s Northwell Health , discussing how the healthcare provider has adapted its operations to the COVID-19 pandemic . “ We basically flipped the switch one day , and most of our workforce who are not involved with direct patient care started working remotely . I can only imagine that the load on the system was massive , but we didn ’ t experience a lot of disruption . It ’ s been remarkable ,” he adds . “ Our entire executive team has taken extraordinary measures to prepare the health system for many scenarios that involve disruption to health system operations .”
Northwell is the largest healthcare provider in the state with more than 72,000 employees . Founded in 1997 , it has 23 hospitals , nearly 800 outpatient facilities , medical and nursing schools , as well as the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research , which alone has 50 research labs . “ It ’ s the most truly integrated delivery network that I ’ ve ever seen ,” Hutchins elaborates .