Becker's Healthcare August 23, 2024
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is working to harness the power of predictive modeling to identify early signs of patient deterioration, enabling clinical teams across its 12 hospitals to intervene more quickly and save lives.
Epic’s Deteriorization Index examines data including vital signs, demographic information and lab results to identify inpatients at risk of deterioration or death. The tool assigns patients a score of 0 to 100, with a higher number indicating an elevated risk of deterioration. Since the model scans data from the entire patient profile, versus current physiological information only, it is able to flag patients who might not show obvious health problems, such as low blood pressure, a fast heart rate or low urine output. It also...
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