St. Joseph's Health uses Oracle Health AI to close care gaps and sustain lower readmission rates
St. Joseph's Health, a New Jersey-based health system, implemented Oracle Health Quality Management, Oracle Health Care Coordination Intelligence, and Oracle Health AI Data Platform to unify patient records that had been scattered across disparate EHR and payer systems. AI capabilities embedded in the Oracle Health solutions, including AI-powered agents for clinical documentation, provide physicians with relevant data in context and help clinicians identify and close care gaps earlier. Using advanced data analytics to identify patients repeatedly readmitted for congestive heart failure, St. Joseph's Health implemented a targeted care program that produced a sustained reduction in readmissions, keeping its readmission rate below the market average for three consecutive years.
Overview
St. Joseph's Health, a New Jersey-based health system, implemented Oracle Health Quality Management, Oracle Health Care Coordination Intelligence, and Oracle Health AI Data Platform to unify patient records that had been scattered across disparate EHR and payer systems. AI capabilities embedded in the Oracle Health solutions, including AI-powered agents for clinical documentation, provide physicians with relevant data in context and help clinicians identify and close care gaps earlier. Using advanced data analytics to identify patients repeatedly readmitted for congestive heart failure, St. Joseph's Health implemented a targeted care program that produced a sustained reduction in readmissions, keeping its readmission rate below the market average for three consecutive years.
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Inspect the highlighted sourceThe challenge
St. Joseph's Health struggled to access and reconcile patient data scattered across disparate EHR and payer systems, and manual processes and fragmented reporting made it difficult for physicians to get the data they needed to close care gaps, improve health outcomes, and get reimbursed in value-based care arrangements.
The solution
St. Joseph's Health implemented Oracle Health Quality Management, Oracle Health Care Coordination Intelligence, and Oracle Health AI Data Platform, building on its existing Oracle Health Foundation EHR, to unify patient records across EHRs, payers and community sources and provide AI-powered agents for clinical documentation.
Reported business value
Clinicians can now access a single longitudinal patient view across St. Joseph's and third-party care and claims systems, identify and close care gaps quickly, and intervene early. Using data analytics to identify patients repeatedly readmitted for congestive heart failure, a targeted care program produced a sustained reduction in readmissions, keeping the readmission rate below the market average for three consecutive years.
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