Risk Assessment

EHR Data Reveals Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes with COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

A team from NYU Langone Health analyzed EHR data and found that low levels of blood oxygen and markers of inflammation were strongly associated with poor outcomes among patients...

Risk Scores Predict Patients Likely to Develop Multiple Infections

by Jessica Kent

Certain risk scores already used to evaluate the severity of a trauma patient’s condition can also help providers determine which patients are highly likely to develop multiple infections,...

Researchers Identify New Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered a new genetic risk...

State-Level Risk Assessments Critical for Reducing COVID-19 Measures

by Jessica Kent

In the context of COVID-19, state-level decision-makers should conduct risk assessments to better understand how to move from strict social distancing measures to a staged reopening phase, according to...

Using Automated Risk Scoring to Spot Pediatric Patient Deterioration

by Jessica Kent

In medicine, risk scoring is one of the best methods providers can use to anticipate and prepare for an adverse event. Using patient data and analytics tools, clinicians can determine the likelihood...

Genetic Variant Drives Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

by Jessica Kent

A genetic variant responsible for driving the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a genetic pathway that is involved in other immune disorders, indicating that this...

3 Ways the Industry Is Leveraging Real-World Data to Combat COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the status quo, the healthcare industry is turning to real-world data to better understand, monitor, and prepare for whatever the virus may bring. For...

Predictive Model Offers COVID-19 Guidelines for Healthcare Workers

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Stanford University’s department of surgery have developed a predictive model that provides best practice guidelines for operating room team members during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Severe Disease in COVID-19 Patients

by Jessica Kent

Using artificial intelligence, NYU researchers accurately predicted which patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19 would go on to develop severe respiratory disease, according to a study published in...

Predictive Analytics, Risk Factors May Help Identify Crohn’s Disease

by Jessica Kent

Mount Sinai researchers have developed new predictive analytics tools and identified environmental risk factors that could lead to a new understanding of what triggers Crohn’s disease. In a...

Leveraging AI for COVID-19 Outreach, Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

In the time since the COVID-19 outbreak has escalated to a full-blown global pandemic, buzzwords like artificial intelligence, population health management, and the social determinants of health have...

Study to Advance Precision Medicine for Cardiovascular Disease

by Jessica Kent

A team from Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center is working to advance precision medicine by determining patients’ genetic risk factors for cardiovascular...

Traditional Risk Models Predict Heart Disease as Well as Genetic Test

by Jessica Kent

Cardiovascular factors typically evaluated in an annual physical, including blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetes, and smoking status, are just as accurate in predicting who will develop...

Predictive Risk Model Determines Likelihood of Stroke in Patients

by Jessica Kent

A simple predictive risk model helped forecast stroke risk in adult patients who have migraine with aura, according to research funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health...

Machine Learning Uses EHR Data to Predict Alzheimer’s Risk

by Jessica Kent

Using structured and unstructured EHR data, machine learning algorithms could accurately identify patients at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. At least 50 percent of...

Putting the Pieces Together for a Successful Predictive Analytics Strategy

by Jessica Kent

If the evolution of the healthcare industry were a jigsaw puzzle, then predictive analytics would be the last pieces put into place.  For years, experts have talked about the potential for artificial intelligence, machine learning,...

Machine Learning Tool Predicts Hospitalizations for Asthma Patients

by Jessica Kent

Using machine learning, researchers developed a more accurate model to predict hospital encounters for asthma patients, which could improve asthma outcomes and reduce care costs, according to a study...

Making Pediatric Risk Scoring a Reality for Children’s Hospitals

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Payers and providers need to understand the risk of their unique patient population to allocate financial and clinical resources. But an accurate risk score is contingent on holistic patient...

Machine Learning Predicts Long-Term Risk of Heart Attack

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning tools could predict patients’ long-term risk of heart attacks and cardiac deaths better than standard methods used by cardiologists, according to a study published in...

Genomic Data Boosts Psychosis Risk Prediction for High-Risk Patients

by Jessica Kent

Using a polygenic risk score based on data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) improves psychosis risk prediction in patients meeting clinical high-risk criteria, according to a study published...