Nassib Chamoun’s Big Ideas for 2025
In 2025, health systems that use clinical AI applications will begin to move from point solutions to enterprise platforms to demonstrate improvements in these 4 areas: 1) Drive better patient outcomes 2) Manage utilization of scarce resources 3) Improve economics 4) Make clinicians’ lives easier Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Understanding the Prospects of Transferred Cancer Patients
By Josh Gray and Maria Monahan Introduction Hospitalized cancer patients face difficult decisions in balancing quality and quantity of life. For patients receiving care in community or rural hospitals, one such decision is whether to transfer to more specialized cancer programs. Transferring might extend survival, but receiving care far from home could mean a lower […]
Top Cancer Programs Offer Better Outcomes for Transferred Patients
By Josh Gray and Maria Monahan Key points In 2023, there were 253,559 hospital-to-hospital transfers for Medicare fee-for-service patients with cancer diagnoses Among the top 20 hospital-based cancer programs as defined by U.S. News and World Report, there were 10,992 transfers for cancer patients Patients at these top programs had substantially lower mortality than expected […]
Using AI to Understand and Address Post-Discharge Mortality and Readmissions
When patients leave the hospital, the hope is they won’t return soon; but that’s often not the case. Post-discharge mortality and readmissions can be a crucial metric in financial and reputational value. Organizations have struggled to find successful strategies to modify post-discharge mortality and readmissions. The problem seems intractable, but it’s not. Advances in technology […]
Follow-Up Visits Can Significantly Reduce Post-Discharge Mortality and Readmissions for Highest Risk Patients
Distributed by PRNewswire NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today at NCQA, a leading health quality innovation conference, Houston Methodist and Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) jointly discuss the impact of focusing follow-up appointments on patients at high risk. HDAI’s analysis of both Houston Methodist’s patients and a national dataset of over 10M Medicare patients demonstrated the effectiveness of […]
Buena Vida y Salud ACO Recognized for Outstanding Efforts in Value-based Care
Distributed by PRNewswire BOSTON, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Buena Vida y Salud ACO was selected as a 2024 NAACOS Excellence Awards winner, receiving national recognition for outstanding efforts in value-based care. Dr. Sheila Magoon serves as the Executive Director of Buena Vida y Salud (BVyS) ACO and South Texas Physician Alliance in Harlingen, Texas. “Keeping patients healthy at home” is her mission […]
How Remo Health’s Data-Driven Strategies, Powered by Health Data Analytics Institute, are Paving the Path for Better Dementia Care
By Holli White, MPS, Director of Health System Partnerships, HDAI Key takeaways The current state of dementia care in the US is inadequate, with gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and caregiver support. This results in significant negative impacts on both patients and caregivers, as well as increased healthcare costs. CMS’ new GUIDE model offers a […]
Thinking Outside the (Hospital) Box to Reduce 30-Day Post-Discharge Mortality: a Cardiovascular Service Line Example
By Holli White, MPS, Director of Health System Partnerships, HDAI Background * Rose Taylor, an 81-year-old female patient, suffered from an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and was hospitalized for seven days. Upon release, she had no follow-up primary care or cardiology appointment scheduled and passed away 14 days after her hospital discharge. Could her […]
Building an Enterprise Healthcare AI Platform: Partnering with Hospitals to Transform Patient Care
By Nidhee Krishnan, MBA, Product Manager, Point-of-Care, HDAI Nidhee is a product manager at Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI), with over a decade of healthcare and hospital systems experience in various roles. She focuses on AI at the point-of-care and is vital in guiding HDAI’s product strategy, product adoption, and innovation. Her two years of […]
HDAI to Present at ViVE 2024 on How Clinicians Can Put AI to Work
Distributed by PRNewswire BOSTON, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) – a company pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare delivery, today announced their upcoming ViVE 2024 conference presentation – “The Cleveland Clinic Vision: How Clinicians Can Put AI to Work for Better Care“. HDAI Founder and CEO Nassib Chamoun will speak alongside Thomas Mroz, MD, Chairman of […]
