Preventing Hospitalization Through a No-Frills Remote Monitoring Program
Using basic home monitoring devices and virtual visits, Mackenzie Health treated moderately at-risk COVID-19 patients with automated triage algorithms, reducing hospitalizations.
Mackenzie Health’s Successful COVID-19 Response
Review a strategic response to the pandemic, marked by collaboration, clinical excellence, and advanced digital health tools, which led to the conversion of their new hospital site into a COVID-19 relief facility.
Multimodal Pain Management: A Successful Approach to System Initiatives by Targeting Different Aspects of Opioid Reduction
Intermountain Health enacted opioid stewardship measures in 2018, focusing on reducing opioid prescriptions, educating caregivers, standardizing pain management techniques, and utilizing data-driven tools for sustained practice changes.
Use of AI-enhanced data analysis to identify persons at risk of chronic kidney disease, assist in delivery of kidney-protective therapeutics and reduce hospitalizations
Intermountain Health Kidney Services (IKS) is a collaborative effort between Intermountain Health and MDClone to improve care for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Implementation of a Pulmonary Disease Navigator Program for 30-day Chronic Lung Disease Readmission Reduction
This case study describes a COPD playbook driven by a multi-disciplinary team, integrating tools like a COPD dashboard and evidence-based protocols in the electronic medical record.
Monoclonal Antibodies: A Reduction in Hospital Admissions in COVID-19 Therapy Northern Light Health
Northern Light Health began sporadically giving its first doses of monoclonal antibodies (MAb) as a treatment for COVID-19. Teams went through major transitions to create a system-wide approach that included utilization of algorithms to proactively identify high-risk patients, creation of workflo...
Reducing Medication Errors by Revamping mCDS Alerting: The Goldilocks Principle
Northern Light Health began a new initiative to enhance patient safety by reducing the degree of alert fatigue, with the expectation that removal of nuisance alerting would positively impact not just the provider EHR experience, but also reduce the overall incidence of medication errors systemwid...
Comprehensive and Standardized Cardiovascular Care Leads to Decreased Readmissions
On June 15, 2020, Northern Light Health went live with a 30-day readmission prevention risk predictor. The predictor assists the care team in identifying patients who are at risk for readmission and to mitigate those risks through coordinated discharge and transition planning. The solution integr...