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Crimson IQ

Unlock healthcare data and transform it into robust business intelligence using AI-enabled feedback and suggested interventions.

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Outcomes-based clinical analytics, designed for any care setting

Crimson IQ is a modular data analytics and business intelligence platform that helps healthcare organizations understand the actual cost of care at different levels: procedures, patients and physicians. Crimson IQ also supports quality of care and care variation reduction through risk adjustment modeling and benchmarking.

Crimson IQ brings together disparate data sets into one integrated platform with the flexibility to meet your health system’s unique needs now and in the future through 4 AI-enabled modules.

Crimson IQ modules

Choose from 4 powerful modules depending on your organization’s unique needs.

Quality and Utilization

We offer the data you need to improve hospital quality management and drive performance at the point of care.

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Provider Review

Optimize your review and compliance processes with the next generation of workflow management.

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Surgical Cost

Gain insights to improve surgical efficiency and maximize the revenue of your operating rooms.

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Surgical Capacity

Optimize surgical scheduling and operating room utilization with data-driven analysis and insights.

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Key features

Unmatched customizability

Crimson IQ is a modular solution suite that can be customized to best meet your analytics needs. Choose from one individual module addressing a specific need or multiple modules serving your entire data warehouse.

AI enablement and smart opportunities

Artificial intelligence is deeply integrated into each and every module, enabling users to quickly sift through complex data and access AI-enabled recommendations on targeted opportunities. The AI-Assist open chat feature provides quick access to insights for users.

Embedded consultation

All Crimson IQ clients are assigned to a dedicated Value Advisor to support tool utilization and optimization. This single point of contact brings subject matter expertise to connect data to insights and drive speed to value.

EHR integration

Optum integrates data into its clients' existing healthcare environments and EHR systems, enhancing workflow efficiency and benchmarking capabilities.

Proprietary risk adjustment modeling

Access over 400 risk adjustment and quality measures across inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory settings to inform product evaluations and value analyses. Our proprietary risk adjustment models consider patient demographic data to infer more accurate expected outcomes.

Robust benchmarking capabilities

Our unified reporting is built on Power BI, allowing for portability to other instances. Analyze live data directly from integrated sources, and utilize dynamic, multilevel filters for deeper analysis. Customize dashboards with various chart types, tables and KPIs.

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Key benefits

Discover how EIS can transform cost and quality outcomes for your organization.

Reduced care variation

Identify variations in care through cost-per-case analyses that integrates price, utilization and risk-adjusted quality outcomes.

Improved quality of care

Proactively track quality outcomes and analyze any opportunity areas to focus on and measure the efficacy of your interventions.​

Lower total cost of care

Discover the root cause of unwanted utilization and optimize the usage of procedural resources through our analytics platform.​

Our impact

Optum has helped its clients achieve impressive success and major cost savings

13:1 ROI

On average, clients see a 13:1 ROI to cost of membership.2

96% reduction in time spent on reviews

Clients have seen a 96% reduction in time spent processing more than 2,000 provider OPPE reviews.2

$1.8 million in cost savings

Clients experience an average $1.8 million in cost savings related to hospital quality initiatives.2

$790,000 saved

Clients realize an average $790,000 in cost savings related to care variation reduction.2

Related healthcare insights

White paper

Reduce length of stay and enhance resource efficiency

Learn more about how Optum Enterprise Intelligence Suite (EIS) enables best practices for achieving operational excellence.

Case study

Improving hospital quality and utilization

Learn how data insights helped 4 organizations transform their operations.

E-book

Design an exceptional physician review strategy

Optimize your physician review process to help save time, reduce costs and improve care quality.

Product information and resources

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1. Based on mutually agreed ROI between Optum and the client.
2. Based on mutually agreed-on ROI from all clients across 2019–2023.