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A second application that uses an Intermountain Healthcare-developed predictive score to determine each HF patient\u2019s risk for 30-day hospital readmission and 30-day mortality was also developed. That information was included in an identification and predictive risk report, which was evaluated at a 354-bed hospital that treats high-risk HF patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results The addition of NLP-identified HF patients increased the identification score\u2019s sensitivity from 82.6% to 95.3% and its specificity from 82.7% to 97.5%, and the model\u2019s positive predictive value is 97.45%. Daily multidisciplinary discharge planning meetings are now based on the information provided by the HF identification and predictive report, and clinician\u2019s review of potential HF admissions takes less time compared to the previously used manual methodology (10 vs 40\u2009min). An evaluation of the use of the HF predictive report identified a significant reduction in 30-day mortality and a significant increase in patient discharges to home care instead of to a specialized nursing facility.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions Using clinical decision support to help identify HF patients and automatically calculating their 30-day all-cause readmission and 30-day mortality risks, coupled with a multidisciplinary care process pathway, was found to be an effective process to improve HF patient identification, significantly reduce 30-day mortality, and significantly increase patient discharges to home care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocv197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,18]],"date-time":"2016-02-18T18:21:34Z","timestamp":1455819694000},"page":"872-878","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Automated identification and predictive tools to help identify high-risk heart failure patients: pilot 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