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.
