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Unlocking Value-Based Care: How AI Can Overcome Key Challenges

HIT Consultant

Arming providers with a longitudinal patient summary for conducting comprehensive risk assessments improves patient outcomes while lowering the cost of care. Equipping providers to assess member risk, increase diagnosis accuracy, and close care gaps takes risk adjustment and quality improvement to a new level.

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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

Current barriers to patient access and quality improvement. This is especially true for underserved populations, who already face more financial, educational, and environmental barriers to quality care. Advancing care quality initiatives through bi-directional data collection.

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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. This technology should be worn by people who need to carry nasal naloxone so they receive a loud cell phone alarm if they stop breathing and know to administer the naloxone.