Intermountain’s prognostic risk scores enable providers to easily and proactively identify at-risk patients at the point-of-care. Clinicians can quickly and effectively stratify risk and route patients to the appropriate care pathway.
- A patient presents at the Emergency Department, hospital, or clinic.
- The Electronic Medical Record identifies which risk score models are most appropriate to the patient based on an individual’s characteristics.
- The patient’s risk is automatically calculated using data from:
- Routine blood tests (e.g., complete blood count, basic metabolic profile
- Age
- Gender
- Other factors (in some cases)
- The patient’s risk is displayed in an easy-to-read graphic with a red (high risk), yellow (medium risk), or green (low risk) color cue.
- The clinician uses the patient’s risk value to determine the appropriate care pathway. Low-risk patients may avoid unnecessary and expensive additional testing. High-risk patients will follow a more intensive care protocol that more precisely personalizes their treatment plan.
- At every point along the care pathway, the risk scores assist the clinician in using his or her best judgment and expertise for the most appropriate patient treatment.
Example: Heart Failure Inpatient Patient Care Pathway