Internal Clinical Systems

• Electronic Health Record (EHR) system (Epic, Cerner, Meditech)

• Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) systems

• Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)

• Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and PACS

• Pharmacy management systems

• Emergency Department tracking systems

Financial & Administrative Systems

• Patient accounting systems

• Revenue cycle management platforms

• General ledger and financial systems

• Supply chain management systems

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software

• Contract management systems

Quality & Regulatory Data

• Incident reporting systems

• Patient satisfaction surveys (HCAHPS)

• CMS quality measures reporting platforms (Hospital Compare)

• Registry data (surgical, cardiac, cancer, etc.)

• Infection control surveillance systems

• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Operational Systems

• Bed management and patient flow platforms

• Staff scheduling and time-tracking systems

• Resource utilization monitoring tools

• Telehealth and remote monitoring platforms

• Enterprise master patient index (EMPI)

• Call center and patient communication systems

External Benchmarking Sources

• Premier, Inc. or Vizient comparative data

• State hospital association databases

• All-payer claims databases

• CMS cost reports

• Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data

• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

• National Inpatient Sample

• Regional Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)

• CDC Wonder Database

• Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

Note: Most hospital data sources are internal proprietary systems. The links provided are for open data sources that hospitals commonly use alongside their internal systems for benchmarking and comparative analysis.

Industry Reports & Research

• Advisory Board Company

• Kaufman Hall

• Deloitte Health Solutions

• McKinsey Healthcare Systems & Services

• KPMG Healthcare

Government & Policy Sources

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Health Affairs

• Commonwealth Fund

• American Hospital Association (AHA) TrendWatch

Data Analytics Organizations

• IBM Watson Health

• Premier, Inc.

• Definitive Healthcare

• IQVIA

• Optum

Industry Conferences

• HIMSS

• Healthcare Analytics Summit

• Modern Healthcare Events

• Becker's Hospital Review

• HFMA

Academic Research Centers

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

• RAND Health

• Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery

• Penn LDI