The platform is designed to automate the capture of supplies and implants in procedural rooms to improve data for billing and operations.
Allina Health is introducing an artificial intelligence supply capture and insights platform across its hospitals and procedural areas. The rollout will span more than 100 operating and procedural rooms throughout the health care system.
Developed by AssistIQ, the system is intended to ensure every supply and implant is accurately documented at the point of use. According to a press release, this provides reliable data to capture charges correctly and inform operational decisions. The platform addresses the documentation of supplies used in procedures, an area often overlooked compared to clinician charting.
“Having complete and reliable data on the supplies and implants used in procedures allows our teams to work more efficiently to better serve our patients,” says Tom Lubotsky, chief supply chain officer at Allina Health, in a release. “With this new technology, every product is captured consistently, giving us the foundation to understand our product costs, waste, and use and roll out a single reliable system across our hospitals.”
According to the announcement, early deployment of the technology has shown measurable improvements in capturing billable products and strengthening revenue integrity while reducing the documentation workload for clinical staff.
“Our care team members feel the difference right away. Instead of dealing with barcode scans that may not register or having to manually document, our teams can capture every product quickly and accurately while keeping their focus on the patient,” says Matt Pavlovec, patient care manager at Allina Health, in a release. “More importantly, this improved accuracy helps ensure we have the right product on hand for the next patient, all but eliminating the need to hunt for products as we’re setting up.”
AssistIQ’s AIQ Capture and AIQ Charge Capture products connect directly with Allina Health’s core systems, Epic and Workday, to embed supply and implant data into clinical and administrative workflows.
“Allina Health has been a true partner in shaping AssistIQ to fit real-world clinical workflows,” says Josh Buehler, chief operating officer at AssistIQ, in a release. “By capturing every product reliably, hospitals are seeing up to 30% more billable revenue, a reduction in inventory errors, and new data visibility that supports strategic decision making, financial performance, and excellence in patient care.”
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