Healthcare Information Technology System for Predicting or Preventing Readmissions
First Claim
1. A method for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of an event for a patient from a hospital;
triggering application of a predictor of readmission in response to the receiving of the indication;
applying, by a processor, the predictor of the readmission to an electronic medical record of the patient in response to the triggering, the predictor being based on readmission data of the hospital;
predicting, by the processor, a probability of readmission of the patient based on the applying of the predictor to the electronic medical record of the patient; and
outputting as a function of the probability.
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Abstract
Hospital readmissions may be prevented. Readmission is prevented by predicting the probability of a given patient to be readmitted. The probability alone may prevent readmission by educating the patient or medical professional. The probability may be predicted during a patient stay and used to generate a workflow action item to reduce the probability, to warn, to output appropriate instructions, and/or assist in avoiding readmission. The probability may be specific to a hospital, physician group, or other entity, allowing prevention to focus on past readmission causes for the given entity.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of an event for a patient from a hospital; triggering application of a predictor of readmission in response to the receiving of the indication; applying, by a processor, the predictor of the readmission to an electronic medical record of the patient in response to the triggering, the predictor being based on readmission data of the hospital; predicting, by the processor, a probability of readmission of the patient based on the applying of the predictor to the electronic medical record of the patient; and outputting as a function of the probability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the system comprising:
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at least one memory operable to store data for a plurality of readmitted patients of a first hospital; and a first processor configured to; identify variables contributing to readmission for the first hospital based on the data for the plurality of the readmitted patients of the first hospital; and incorporate the variables into a predictor of readmission for a future patient of the first hospital. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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predicting a probability of readmission of a patient, the predicting occurring during a patient stay; comparing the probability to a threshold; and generating an alert based on the comparing, the generating occurring during the patient stay. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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