The predictive analytics method analyzes individual markers and flags patients in the EMR who may be headed for a health crisis, allowing physicians to intervene, according to a Feb. 1 report from BDN Maine. By intervening, clinicians can prevent critical costs to patients by avoiding an emergency room visit or a sudden surgery.
St. Joseph Healthcare, based in Bangor, Maine, has been piloting the tool for nine months, according to BDN Maine. HealthInfoNet, a Portland, Maine-based nonprofit organization, led the initiative to develop the tool, working with a Silicon Valley developer. It identifies patients who had visited the ER and tracked their data back, creating a new prediction on those identifiers and checking back on patients’ health status six months later. It came back with 74 percent accuracy.
Users pay a subscription fee beginning at $14,000, which increases by bed count. St. Joseph saw a 30 percent decrease in readmission after implementing the tool, BDN Maine reports.
