Individualized care plans developed by a multidisciplinary team and integrated into an electronic health record at the time of hospitalization appear to reduce healthcare use and costs among high users of healthcare services, according to a study. When compared with a pre-intervention period, investigators observed the following:
6 months post-initiation | 12 months post-initiation | |
Hospital admissions | -56.0% | -50.5% |
30-day readmissions | -66.0% | -51.5% |
Inpatient variable direct costs | -47.7% | -35.8% |
Source: Hospitalist, July 6, 2015.