Newton Medical Center in New Jersey went live in early August with an “early warning system” that helps clinicians quickly identify patients who may be in decline, as well as patients getting better.
Early results at 148-bed Newton, which is the pilot site for six-hospital Atlantic Health System, are good, says Laura Reilly, manager of nursing practice at the hospital.
The tool is the Rothman Index from software vendor PeraHealth. Rothman captures 26 different types of patient and measuring data from the electronic health record system, runs it through predictive analytics and displays a 0-to-100 score and graphing trends for each patient indicating whether the patient is getting better or declining.
