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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

Healthcare It News

Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted due to complications that could have been prevented with better monitoring and more proactive management, said Matt Nieukirk, director of the SNF practice at OSF HealthCare. "The existing systems were fragmented, with each care setting operating in a silo ," he explained.

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Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

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The exponential growth in health data from a variety of sources, such as electronic medical records and image databases, makes it difficult to integrate information for optimized decision-making that meets the highest possible standards of care. Staying flexible is the key to digital transformation.

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How Reasoning-Based AI Improves Care Transitions

HIT Consultant

As AI and large language models (LLMs) become more integrated into healthcare, it is essential to develop frameworks that prioritize patient safety, clinical expertise, and evidence-based practice. By standardizing the outputs, the system helps maintain quality and alignment across different care teams and settings. About Matt A.

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WakeMed to Deploy Regard’s AI Clinical Automation Platform Across Enterprise

HIT Consultant

This not only streamlines workflows but also enhances patient care, all without adding extra tasks for busy clinicians. How Regard Works to Benefit Patients and Providers Regard’s AI solution seamlessly integrates into the EHR, automatically reviewing a patient’s entire clinical data to identify crucial information.

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How AI Can Drive the Transition to Value-Based Care

HIT Consultant

Acting on these insights could improve member experience, knowledge, and enable interventions that prevent future problems, improve outcomes, and drive down healthcare costs. This application of AI enables a scalable approach to proactive care at the population level, a cornerstone of VBC.

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St. Luke’s Health Deploys Epic-Integrated I-PASS Solution for Standardized Handoff Communication

HIT Consultant

Luke’s Health System today announced it is implementing Epic-integrated standardized communication tools across the health system and have selected the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to implement the I-PASS solution. Realizing the benefits of evidence-based patient handoff tools to curb preventable patient harm, St.

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Community Health Workers and Family Caregivers: Opportunities to Enhance Connection with Community Resources for Aging Populations and Families

NASHP

Using the evidence-based UCSF Care Ecosystem model , trained CHWs reach out by phone and email to people with dementia and their caregivers one or more times per month over a six-month period. The CHWs provide support, education, and resources on coping with stress, preventing injuries, staying healthy, and connecting to community services.