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DATA
ANALYTICS
&
INFORMATICS
El Camino Health implements
mobile analytics platform to
reduce clinical variation
By Andrea Park
A
fter a successful six-month pilot program,
Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health is
expanding its use of Agathos' clinical analytics
platform across the entire health system, according to
a Jan. 27 news release.
The mobile-enabled platform analyzes utilization,
quality and length of stay data to provide actionable
recommendations directly to physicians, without need
for interventions from management or interruptions of
clinical workflows.
Over the course of the pilot program, El Camino
Health experienced reductions in the use of redundant
and unnecessary diagnostic tests, in the use of telem-
etry and in discharge delays, and increases in patient
comfort and satisfaction, according to the release. Ad-
ditionally, the platform saw active usership from more
than 85 percent of eligible clinicians.
"Hospitalists play an important role in our quality and
safety strategic plan," said Mark Adams, MD, CMO of
El Camino Health's hospitals. "Empowering physi-
cians with timely clinical data helps in our efforts to
provide high-quality personalized care to our patients
and community." n
Emory Healthcare, Verily
partner for data-driven
improvements to lab,
medication ordering
By Andrea Park
E
mory Healthcare and Google sister company
Verily will use advanced data analytics to develop
new solutions with a goal of improving cost-ef-
fectiveness, efficiency and quality at the Atlanta-based
health system, according to a Dec. 23 news release.
The partnership will initially focus on analyzing lab and
medication ordering patterns at Emory. From there, the
organizations will join forces to develop and deploy new
solutions to maximize value and efficiency throughout
the ordering process.
"As physicians, we can improve what we can mea-
sure," said Vivian Lee, MD, president of health
platforms at Verily. "This initiative will put action-
able data in the hands of teams on the front lines
of care delivery. Emory Healthcare is already on the
forefront of harnessing data to improve healthcare
quality and innovation. We look forward to learning
from this impressive partner and to deploying new
solutions to old problems." n
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