Using Data to Predict the Future
HealthInfoNet
Maine hospitals working to prevent readmissions or unnecessary emergency room visits have a powerful tool at
their disposal—HealthInfoNet, the statewide electronic medical record system.
Electronic medical records allow healthcare providers to see all of a patient’s medical history—not just the
services performed by that provider. It turns out that many patients visit physicians associated with several
different hospitals. Knowing that a particular patient has already had a CT scan, and having those results,
prevents duplication and saves time and money for the patient and the provider.
HealthInfoNet has been working with HBI Solutions in Palo Alto, California, to create mathematical models
that alert caregivers to potential problems on the horizon, allowing them to divert their resources to the patients
who need them the most, said Dev Culver, HealthInfoNet CEO.
Dr. Charles Pattivina, chief of emergency services at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, uses
HealthInfoNet to look up patients' histories.
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