How Allina Health cut length of stay for some patients by 18.8%

Minneapolis, Minn.-based Allina Health cut its overall length of stay across 12 hospitals by a collective total of 10% over a one-year period. The average amount of time a patient waited to be discharged from an Allina hospital into a long-term care setting or skilled nursing facility also went down by 18.8% in one year, the system’s new chief operating officer, Dominica Tallarico, told Becker’s.