Reducing Avoidable Emergency Visits and Hospitalizations With Patient Risk-Based Prescriptive Analytics: A Quality Improvement Project at an Oncology Care Model Practice.

Ajeet Gajra^1,2, Yolaine Jeune-Smith¹, Alexandrina Balanean¹, Kelly A Miller³, Danielle Bergman³, John Showalter³, Ray Page⁴

¹Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH.

²Hematology-Oncology Associates of CNY, East Syracuse, NY.

³Jvion Inc, Suwanee, GA.

⁴The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), Fort Worth, TX.

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Cancer-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations that would have been appropriately managed in the outpatient setting are avoidable and detrimental to patients and health systems. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to leverage patient risk-based prescriptive analytics at a community oncology practice to reduce avoidable acute care use (ACU). METHODS: Using th…

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