When we unrolled new tools around end-of-life care, Nuvance Health was one of the first to take advantage. In the past, finding the right candidates for palliative services meant individually combing through records, sifting through patient files and conducting time-intensive phone evaluations.
“At the center of it all, it’s always the patient,” Francis says.
By standardizing an approach — pinpointing key markers in the data, then reaching out proactively — Nuvance Health gives their patients and families agency, allowing them to take advantage of services that might better their final days. This benefits patients, clinicians, and administrators. It’s what we’d call a win (win, win).
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Nuvance Health’s challenge, like so many other health networks, is minimizing inefficient process in favor of efficient, empathetic care. From cost effectiveness to quality, the mitigating factors are both important and intimidating.
The ground shifts daily, but people are at the heart of every decision. Intricate problems require novel solutions. With data, we can get there together.