Health IT Analytics September 10, 2020
The artificial intelligence models could offer personalized treatment plans for surgical patients, potentially saving the healthcare system over $20 million annually.
An artificial intelligence method could reduce 30-day hospital readmissions by an estimated 12 percent, leading to lower annual healthcare costs and improved patient care, according to a study published in PLOS One.
The US spends $3 trillion annually on healthcare, researchers stated, with hospital readmissions being an important and potentially preventable source of utilization. The healthcare industry has introduced several measures to ensure readmission rates stay low for particular medical conditions, but these standards could soon extend to general surgical procedures as well.
To help reduce the rate of hospital readmissions after general surgical procedures, researchers from Boston University...
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