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Being discharged from the hospital can be bad for your health. Nearly one in five adult patients experience an adverse event within three weeks of leaving the hospital, and roughly 20% of Medicare patients discharged from a hospital—approximately 2.6 million older adults—are rehospitalized within 30 days, at a cost of over $26 billion every year.
Learn how AI can help to reduce readmissions, improve continuity of care following discharge, and reduce adverse events following a transition to a new care setting. Discover how AI can help to identify gaps in medication reconciliation and adherence, accurately assess patient care needs at discharge to ensure appropriate support, and predict which patients are at high risk for post-discharge complications.
Data extracted from health insurance medical claims with details about dates and place of service, diagnosis codes, key procedures, use of medical equipment, and provider specialties.
Data from Admit, Discharge, and Transfer feeds and patient data notification services that synchronize patient demographic, diagnostic, and visit information across healthcare systems.
Self-reported data from health questionnaires that assess a person’s individual medical history, health risks, lifestyle, health behaviors, and quality of life.
ClosedLoop generates explainable predictions using
thousands of auto-generated, clinically relevant contributing factors
Being discharged from the hospital can be bad for your health. Nearly one in five adult patients experience an adverse event within three weeks of leaving the hospital, and roughly 20% of Medicare patients discharged from a hospital—approximately 2.6 million older adults—are rehospitalized within 30 days, at a cost of over $26 billion every year.¹𝄒²
Managing “transitions of care”—when a patient moves from one care setting to another as their condition and needs change—is the key to avoiding many of these adverse events. Adverse drug events are a common driver of negative outcomes; studies have shown nearly one in three discharges had medication discrepancies, with 51% having the potential for serious harm.³ In reality, multiple modifiable factors contribute to readmissions, including poor medication reconciliation, hospital-acquired infections, post-procedural complications, provider discontinuity, inaccurately assessing patients' abilities to care for themselves, and failing to enlist the necessary resources.³𝄒⁴
With nearly 20% of Medicare patients being rehospitalized within 30 days, preventing these events is a priority for healthcare organizations (HCOs). As HCOs pursue new solutions, experts are keen to point out that patients are readmitted for reasons that vary on a case-by-case basis and stress that interventions must be carefully tailored to each patient’s individual circumstances.⁵
AI can help HCOs improve care transitions by identifying patients at risk for post-discharge adverse events before they are discharged. Armed with this insight, organizations can implement individually-targeted interventions to improve health outcomes. Patient-centered interventions that prioritize engagement, patient self-care education, and persistent caregiver relationships can cut hospital readmissions following discharge by more than 30%.⁶𝄒⁷ Additionally, comprehensive transitional care programs that include home follow-up visits have the potential to reduce average hospital costs by up to $14,150 per episode of care.⁸
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8. Sezgin, Duygu et al. “The effectiveness of intermediate care including transitional care interventions on function, healthcare utilisation and costs: a scoping review.” European geriatric medicine vol. 11, no. 6, Aug. 2020, pp: 961-974. doi:10.1007/s41999-020-00365-4.
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