The Fairview Health Plan uses a dual database approach to integrate information needed for its...

combines all existing information from all data sources into a single comprehensive system

connects multiple databases with a central interface engine that acts as an information clearinghouse

provides an outside vendor with pertinent data that the vendor compiles into an integrated database

creates a separate database that pulls pertinent information from the health plan’s claims database, formats the information for easy analysis, and stores it in the separate database