Healthcare information technology system for predicting or preventing readmissions
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1. A system for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the system comprising:
- 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;
wherein the processor is configured to identify and incorporate by machine learning a statistical model from the data, the predictor comprising a matrix of the statistical model.
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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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1. 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; wherein the processor is configured to identify and incorporate by machine learning a statistical model from the data, the predictor comprising a matrix of the statistical model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. 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; wherein generating the alert comprises displaying the alert on a display while preventing entry of information until occurrence of an event such that the preventing is temporary, is until the probability is reduced, or is until overridden. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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