More Related Content Similar to Using non-clinical workers to prevent hospital (re)admissions (20) More from Dave Chase (18) Using non-clinical workers to prevent hospital (re)admissions1. Andrey Ostrovsky, MD
CEO | Co-Founder | Care at Hand
andrey@careathand.com
Summary of COPD-specific trends from community-based
interventions using Care at Hand
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Summary of data
• Data collection period 5/2014-5/2015 (1
year)
• Total number surveys administered:
10,202
• Average age: 71
• Most data collected in care transition
setting
3. Before Care at Hand – communication breakdowns
between nurse and nonclinical coach
Personal
Care/Home
delivered meals
staff
Nurse Care
Coordinator
Primary Care
Provider Visit
Emergency
Dept/
Admission
Home Visit by
Nurse
Care
coordination 3
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Organizations pay for and underutilize 5 million non-clinical workers in attempting to reduce $250
BILLION in avoidable costs
4. Nurse Care
Coordinator
Primary Care
Provider Visit
Emergency
Dept/
Admission
Home Visit by
Nurse
Care
coordination
Alerts triggered by Care at Hand technology
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Digitizing the “hunch” of non-clinical workers to detect early
decline
Personal
Care/Home
delivered meals
staff
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Non-clinical workers reduce costs, predict readmissions
AHRQ. Service Delivery Innovation: Community-Based Health Coaches and Care Coordinators Reduce Readmissions Using Information Technology To Identify and Support At-
Risk Medicare Patients After Discharge. Rockville, MD. 2014.
Estimated Net Savings
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$2.57
net savings for every $1
invested
$109
savings per member
per month
39.6%
30 day readmissions
6. 6
Poor access to care 5x more likely to need arrangement for DME
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COPD 30x more likely to require education on red flags. 50% more
likely than CHF
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COPD 6x more likely than avg to need to be seen by RN in
person, similar to CHF
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COPD has 30% higher risk of hospitalization than average active
issue
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11. COPD population similar to most other active
issues. Poor access to care has higher prevalence
of frequent flyers
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12. Patients with COPD less likely to discharge home with skilled care than those with medication
management issues. Poor access to care significantly higher risk of d/c to SNF
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Editor's Notes To have an impact, you first need to be able to measure it
How Care at Hand improves on Coleman – provides patient need-driven care coordination
How Care at Hand improves on Coleman – provides patient need-driven care coordination
Poor access to care 5x more likely to need arrangement for DME
Red flags are warning signs that COPD is getting worse
Figure 4: Readmission rate in each predicted risk category for the intervention-based risk score from structured data capture
Figure 4: Readmission rate in each predicted risk category for the intervention-based risk score from structured data capture