Health IT Analytics September 17, 2020
A risk index leverages machine learning and big data to identify and alert people most at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) and Parkland Health and Hospital System have developed a risk index that generates a COVID-19 risk score for each patient using machine learning and big data.
The Proximity Risk Index leverages geo-mapping and hot-spotting technology to produce a dynamic personal risk score based on a person’s proximity to other confirmed, active COVID-19 cases. To help determine which patients it should reach out to proactively, Parkland created three initiatives using the index to assess individuals’ needs.
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