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Discover the rich history and impactful initiatives of Sanford Health, committed to patient care, cutting-edge technology, and community support since the 1890s. With a focus on integrated health services and a model of innovation, Sanford Health stands as the largest non-profit rural healthcare system in the nation, serving eight states and three countries. Explore their IT mission and principles that drive quality healthcare through technology, emphasizing secure, reliable solutions to support their diverse network of hospitals, physicians, and research facilities.
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Brief history Since the 1890s, we have committed to excellent patient care and innovation and medical leadership – Sanford Health (Sioux Valley Hospital and Physician Group), Sioux Falls, SD; MeritCare (St. Luke’s Hospital and Fargo Clinic), Fargo, ND; and North Country Regional Hospital (Bemidji, MN). • Sanford Health and MeritCare merged to create a new system on November 2, 2009 • North Country Regional Hospital merged with Sanford Health in on March 1, 2011 • Headquartered in Sioux Falls and Fargo • Community owned – private non profit charitable, volunteer governance; 21 member Board of Trustees representing the entire region • Model of integrated health: hospitals, physicians, health plan, research, education • Largest non-profit, rural health care system in nation • Serving eight states and three countries: SD, MN, IA, NE, ND, OK, CA, OR, Ghana, Israel and Ireland
The Sanford gift • In 2007 Denny Sanford made the largest gift ever to hospital or health care organization in the country - $400 million (Gift to Johns Hopkins in today’s dollars = $125M) • The gift has the specific purpose of funding Sanford Initiatives: children’s health & research development • In 2011, he gifted $100 million to fund the Edith Sanford Breast Cancer Center • Other donations to Sanford Health have helped build the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls and other initiatives • Funded Sanford Medical School developments, Mayo Clinic collaboration, and Sanford-Burnham Research
Sanford today • 900+ sponsored physicians • 500+ APPs • 20,000+ employees • 112 communities • 36 hospitals • 33 long-term care facilities • 116 clinic locations • 70,000 Health Plan members • Market population of over 1,700,000 • 130,000 sq. mi. contiguous service area + other locations
Information Technology Mission “Enabling quality healthcare through technology” Information Technology Principles • Implement information systems that advance the mission and vision of Sanford Health. • Provide leadership in determining the information technology direction. • Seamlessly make information available where it’s needed, when it’s needed. • Provide secure, reliable information technology solutions that are innovative and cost effective. • Keep abreast of changing and emerging technologies. • Implement systems that are integrated across the Health System. • Provide a flexible, redundant computing infrastructure to eliminate single point of failure for critical information technology components. • Bring technology and timely support to all locations of our health system. • Promote and support the development of efficient workflows using information technology.
Healthcare Security • Role based security • Provisioning / De-provisioning • Sanford’s De-provisioning requirement process • LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) • Implementation • New application standards • Single Sign-on to external hosted applications
Healthcare Security • Securing mobile devices • BYOD* • Security controls / Applications** • Encryption • Backups / Laptops • Removable media *http://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=4596 **http://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/interviews.php?interviewID=1507
