The AI Edge In Preventing Readmissions

The successful management of chronic health conditions—whether a behavioral health or medical condition—requires monitoring health status and intervening when necessary to prevent relapse and acute episode of care. The health care system doesn’t do a great job of this.   

Looking at consumers with behavioral health conditions, over a third of all hospital admissions involve at least one behavioral health diagnosis and almost 7% were primary for behavioral health (see Hospitalizations Involving Mental And Substance Use Disorders Among Adults). And the 12-month readmission rate for behavioral health is over 16% (see Readmission Of Patients To Acute Psychiatric . . .