Healthcare IT News March 1, 2022
Kat Jercich

Cogitativo CEO Gary Velasquez explains how patient records can be used to spot the potential effects of deferred services.

In late 2020, then-HHS Secretary Alex Azar tapped Berkeley, California-based Cogitativo to help inform the Trump Administration’s vaccine distribution strategy.

The company had developed a machine learning model that could predict the probability a patient would end up in an intensive care unit bed.

Using 60 million records from HHS, Cogitativo created risk scores that flagged individuals who might be at particular risk from the effects of COVID-19.

Now, explained CEO Gary Velasquez, the company has been tasked with a new project: Working with the Veterans Health Administration to identify beneficiaries who have deferred care during COVID-19.

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