ANALYTICS & AI Success Story

Children’s Minnesota reaches HIMSS Stage 3 in under two years

The achievement means analytics development goes from months to weeks, analysis time goes from weeks to minutes

The Challenge

Children’s Minnesota faced analytics challenges common in healthcare. Their traditional data warehouse couldn’t meet growing demands, leading departments to create fragmented, error-prone solutions. This fragmentation increased costs and hindered a data-driven culture, making data access and analysis difficult for clinicians and researchers.

Our Solution

Children’s Minnesota prioritized a unified data strategy by securing funding, appointing analytics leadership, and forming a dedicated team. A Stage 2 assessment clarified their current maturity and shaped next steps. Aligning on HIMSS Stage 3 as a near-term goal helped drive momentum. With governance, self-service tools, and a culture of improvement underway, they’ve laid the foundation for long-term progress toward Stage 7 and enterprise-wide data transformation.

Our Impact

2 years between HIMMS Analytics Maturity Model Stage 0 and Stage 3
Reduction in analytics development cycles from months to weeks
Reduction in data analysis time from weeks to minutes
Serving as a model for how healthcare organizations can use data to drive care, efficiency, and innovation