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Tag Archives: Analytics (see Business analytics and Data analytics)

Using predictive analytics to gauge sepsis risk

October 2019—How well can analytics predict the risk for sepsis? T. Scott Isbell, PhD, DABCC, director of clinical chemistry and point-of-care testing, SSM Health, Saint Louis University Hospital, at this year’s AACC annual meeting shared his hospital’s experi-ence with Epic’s sepsis predictive tool. Launched in 2017, the tool uses predictive analytics to produce a sepsis score for ad-mitted patients based on regular scans of key data elements in the electronic health record.

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With real-time data analytics, lab drills down to step it up

October 2019—As payments to laboratories decline and labs look for costs to cut, drawing on Lean and CAP 15189 know-how is the path to stronger productivity, workflow, and quality, “and all of that is eventually going to help,” says Mike Black, MBA, MT(ASCP), DLM, laboratory assistant VP of Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD, and Avera laboratory service line administrator.

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Analyze this: data shines within and without

November 2015—At PAML patient service centers, patients fresh from a blood draw may spot a kiosk that asks, “How was your experience today?” Responding is as easy as pushing one of four buttons with facial expressions that range from a broad smile to a major frown. The kiosk’s manufacturer, HappyOrNot, says about 20 percent of customers across a spectrum of industries will stop to register their level of satisfaction.

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