University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Health Catalyst to collaborate: 4 insights

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is collaborating with Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst to investigate the true costs of its healthcare, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Here are four insights:

1. UPMC hopes to use this information to eliminate care delivery discrepancies and improve patient recovery.

2. Health Catalyst plans to develop cost assessments tools based on cost management technology analytics developed at UPMC.

3. The company will enhance the cost assessment tools established by UPMC and introduce them for commercialization, with the intent of helping other healthcare networks.

4. The agreement did not reveal financial details.

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