The Institute for Health Technology Transformation Announces Leveraging Predictive Analytics to Improve Hospital Performance Webinar with MEDai

The Institute for Health Technology Transformation announced today a Leveraging Predictive Analytics Webinar with MEDai and Adventist Health System entitled "Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections, Enhance Rapid Response Team Efforts, and Improve Care Delivery by Leveraging Patient-Centric Data and Real-Time Predictive Analytics" scheduled to take place November 12, 2009 at 1:00pm EDT.

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 4, 2009 -- The Institute for Health Technology Transformation announced today a Leveraging Predictive Analytics Webinar with MEDai and Adventist Health System entitled "Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections, Enhance Rapid Response Team Efforts, and Improve Care Delivery by Leveraging Patient-Centric Data and Real-Time Predictive Analytics" scheduled to take place November 12, 2009 at 1:00pm EDT.

In today's environment when hospitals have the opportunity to use technology to enhance new medical processes, streamline efficiencies and reduce costs, the investment is a true lifesaving asset. Predictive analytics and real-time clinical surveillance support evidence-based medicine and performance improvement by providing a contemporary approach to improving patient care through more effective case management, enhanced stakeholder communication and more efficient use of rapid response teams. Leveraging patient-centric data from existing healthcare systems with real-time predictions allows hospitals to proactively identify patients whose condition is likely to decline rapidly, deploy early interventions to avoid preventable events like hospital-acquired infections, and keep caregivers abreast of patients requiring immediate care before an adverse event takes place.

During the webinar, The Adventist Health System will discuss their approach to quality improvement specifically in the areas of case management, rapid response team processes, and early intervention. Utilizing award-winning technology, including MEDai's Pinpoint Suite, the Adventist Health System is positively impacting care delivery, improving operational efficiencies and refining cost containment efforts.

Participants will be able to identify the right technology to begin a true healthcare transformation that results in better care delivered more efficiently, learn how to leverage information from real-time clinical surveillance to improve rapid response team efforts, understand how to deliver the right patient-centric data to physicians at point of care, resulting in better care decision making, and discover the value of predictive analytics in preventing hospital-acquired infections, avoiding adverse events and positively impacting patient care in real-time.

Representing The Adventist Health System will be the Chief Quality Officer and Vice President of the Office of Clinical Effectiveness Douglas L. Bechard, MD. Dr. Bechard is responsible for CPOE content development, the Corporate Technology Assessment Committee, Corporate infection control initiatives, and Corporate medical staff office coordination. Dr. Bechard earned his M.D. from Loma Linda University and Bachelor's in Chemistry from Atlantic Union College.

About MEDai
MEDai, Inc. headquartered in Orlando, FL is a subsidiary of Elsevier a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information. Founded on the belief that sophisticated forecasting technology can be used by the healthcare industry to achieve improved quality healthcare outcomes, MEDai has become a nationally recognized leader in the field of predictive analytics and clinical outcomes analysis. Utilizing cutting edge technology, payers and providers are able benefit from superior outcomes analysis, physician and facility profiling, identification and stratification of high-risk/high-cost members, identification of cost drivers for high-risk populations, evaluation of patient patterns, actuarial and underwriting support, and EBM guideline compliance monitoring.

About Adventist Health System
Adventist Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare organization that emphasizes Christ at the center of care. Founded in 1973 to support and strengthen Seventh-day Adventist healthcare organizations in the Southern and Southwestern regions of the United States, Adventist Health System has quickly grown to become the largest not-for-profit Protestant healthcare provider in the nation.

About the Institute for Health Technology Transformation
The Institute for Health Technology Transformation is the leading organization committed to bringing together private and public sector leaders fostering the growth and meaningful use of technology across the healthcare industry. Through collaborative efforts the Institute provides programs that drive innovation, educate, and provide a critical understanding of how technology applications, solutions and devices can improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.
www.ihealthtran.com

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