Sonic Use Lab Data and Analytics to Provide Important Information to Patients

Sonic Healthcare USA is the world ’s third largest pathology/laboratory medicine company with operations in eight countries. A recent article discussed how the company is now using lab test data generated in its labs for predictive analytics focusing on patients with neglected diabetes. The various laboratories then directly conta cted these patients, urging them to seek medical treatment (see:Sonic Healthcare Uses Test Data to Create Shared Savings Opportunities for Clinical Laboratory and Providers). These actions, in turn, reduced medical costs by this early intervention. Below is an excerpt from the article:Using integrated financial and clinical analytics, Sonic is developing technologies to build clinical decision support tools for its provider and health plan clients. The providers and health plans use those tools to engage patients and help them manage their health....Sonic uses lab test results and financial data to show providers how some low-cost patients over time can become high-cost patients....Sonic [then] uses lab test data to help physicians identify low-cost patients who may need certain interventions before they become high-cost patients. Providers have opportunities to intervene with patients who have renal failure, congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions....Over several years, Sonic has worked with one client provider group to identify patients who would benefit the most from interventions to pr...
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