Banner Health Care Transformation: Measured Benefits

Judy Van Norman, System Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, Ben Wilson, Intel Corporation, and Kevin Ford, Cerner Corporation, present the results from their collaborative study on the results and benefits of the Care Transformation initiative at Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ. Like many healthcare leaders, Phoenix-based Banner Health is convinced that comprehensive, IT-enabled care transformation is the right thing to do. Now, thanks to a benefits realization study conducted with Intel and Cerner, Banner has proof that it delivers solid financial value, too. Banner implemented a far-reaching care transformation initiative at its newest hospital, Banner Estrella Medical Center (BEMC), which opened in February 2005. Banner Health aims to extend care transformation across its 20-hospital, 7-state network by the end of 2008.