Main Line Health receives Drexel LeBow Analytics 50 Honor
Main Line Health recently received the Drexel LeBow Analytics 50 award presented by LeBow’s Center for Business Analytics that recognizes national excellence in organizations pursuing data-driven solutions. The award has honored companies for using analytics to improve decision making, combat crime, help populations in poverty, enhance athletic performance and improve the carbon footprint of their organizations - among many other achievements. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges but Main Line Health seized the opportunity to adopt data literacy and data fluency on a company-wide basis.
The coronavirus pandemic introduced a need to be able to classify and evaluate the COVID patient population through multiple perspectives. This included regional surveillance, planning through utilization of predictive models, and monitoring trends within the health system. Main Line Health (MLH) rapidly developed a COVID dashboard for the command center to provide real-time information to support decision making.
The honorees were selected by a panel of researchers and practitioners who judged nominations based on the complexity of the business challenges they faced, the analytics solutions implemented and the solutions’ business impact on the organization. “We’re delighted to recognize this year’s honorees for harnessing the power of their data. With a goal of amplifying analytics expertise throughout the nation, we join these companies, nonprofits and government agencies in celebrating the impact they’ve made within their industries” said Diana Jones, Director, Center for Business Analytics from Drexel University.
Main Line Health implemented a custom-built operational COVID dashboard that allowed for an “at a glance” view to assist in decision making throughout the pandemic’s evolution. The dashboard quickly evolved into a real-time view of each hospital’s census to evaluate capacity across the health system and the setup/implementation of surge plans. “I am incredibly proud of our team for their commitment to improve our hospital system through technology and harness our data to pivot, adapt and respond quickly. Our dashboard is a platform we use daily by our leadership and share with our employees in our nightly communications. This award captures our hard work and dedication to use technology to support the hospital’s decision making process throughout COVID-19” said William Nieczpiel, System Director of Business Intelligence, Analytics and Reporting at Main Line Health.
About Main Line Health
Main Line Health® is a not-for-profit health system serving the greater Philadelphia region. The System comprises five hospitals, seven health centers, more than 160 outpatient and physician practice locations, over 14,500 employees and more than 2,200 employed and independent physicians and advanced practice providers.
Founded in 1985, Main Line Health includes four of the region’s most respected acute care hospitals — Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital — as well as Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, one of the nation’s premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine. The System also includes Mirmont Treatment Center, which provides treatment and support for substance use disorders; Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice; Main Line HealthCare, its employed multispecialty physician network; Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a leading biomedical research organization; and Main Line Health Centers offering primary and specialty care, lab, radiology and other outpatient services in Broomall, Collegeville, Concordville, Devon, Exton, King of Prussia and Newtown Square.
Main Line Health brings together physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, researchers and other healthcare professionals across a broad network of inpatient, outpatient, home-based and community-based services. Through this integrated approach, the System delivers high-quality, comprehensive care across the continuum — from primary care and preventive services to complex specialty, surgical, trauma, emergency, rehabilitative, behavioral health, home care and hospice services — with a focus on making care accessible in the communities where people live and work.
Main Line Health also collaborates with leading clinical partners to expand access to specialized care. Through its affiliation with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, pediatric care is provided at select Main Line Health locations, including neonatal intensive care units at its acute care hospitals and Bryn Mawr Hospital’s Inpatient Pediatric Unit and Emergency Department. Jefferson Health neurosurgeons and neurointerventionalists also provide 24/7 specialized care, including neurointervention and lifesaving stroke care.
Contact
Phil Ellingsworth, Jr.Director, Communications
Office: 484.580.1182
EllingsworthPh@mlhs.org