Acute Care

Reduce patient’s length of stay in the Emergency Department by redefining patients’ journeys

Use Cases

Acute Care: reduce patient’s length of stay in the Emergency Department by redefining patients’ journeys

20-30%

of Emergency Department visits are inappropriate

10%

of all triaged patients across Emergency Departments leave without being observed

Problem

Emergency Departments are facing an always growing demand and patients are waiting too long

The number of emergency admissions is growing year by year, and many are not real emergencies. Stable patients are overusing hospitals' resources, urgent patients wait more than recommended, and there's a room for improvement in intra-ED processes - to reduce waits - and integration with other care levels - to reduce readmissions.

Solution

Support decision making for complex patients, automate exams for low-risk admissions and discharge the patients safely with automated follow-ups.

Clinically detailed decision support system to diagnosis, referrals, hospitalization admission and discharges, to reduce unwarranted resource usage;

Anticipation of exams request for non-urgent patients, to reduce the number of medical interactions per patient;

Automatic post-discharge short follow-up when appropriate, so physicians can discharge the patient safely;

Interoperability capabilities linking different systems, to reduce task repetition.

Benefits

Optimize medical appointments resoluteness and length of stay in ED;

Reduce preventable admissions for mild conditions suitable for at-home care;

Increase ED capacity and reduce waiting times;

Increase compliance with best practices.

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