introduction to vichara health
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Intelligent Error SurveillanceImproving Patient Safety
In America’s Hospitalswww.vicharahealth.com
Mission:To develop the standard by which hospitals quantify harm
The Team
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o Former AHA-NPSF National Patient Safety Fellow
o Pharmacisto Lean/Six Sigma black belto Focus patient safetyo 15 years in hospital senior
managemento Deep network of
connections in hospital quality and safety community
CEO: Pranish Kantesaria, PharmD
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o Doctorate in Computer Science
o Post Doctoral Fellow at UT Austin – machine learning
o Specialization in evolutionary computation
o Co-founder Finchbeak LLC – applying AI to social games
CTO: Joel Lehman, PhD
The Problem
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Medical Errors are the 3rd leading cause of
death in the US
Hospital Patients Car Accidents
305,00034,000
770000 HarmedKilled
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Patient Harm In 2014Total Patients in US Hospitals: 36,156,245
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Other
Additional Medical Costs
$17 Billion
$19.5 BillionTotal
Cost of Medical Errors
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o Liability Paymentso Malpractice Premiumso Legal Billingo Leapfrog Group Scoreso Rejected Claimso DRG Maximizationo Length of Stayo Readmissionso Marketingo Community Relationso Pt. Satisfaction (HCAHPS)
o Culture of Safety Scoreso Reimbursement (VBP)o Staff Turnovero Leapfrog Ratingo Effective use of Quality and
Safety Resourceso Clinical Decision Support
Developmento Leverage with Payerso Statistical Process Control Useo Staff Evaluations
Errors Affect:
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Better ToolsAlready Exist
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Error Reporting
20%
80%
Voluntary Reporting
Reported ErrorsUnreported Errors
80%
20%
Trigger Tools
Reported ErrorsUnreported Errors
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Average Chart Review:20 min
Workday:8 Hours
Average Size:100 Beds
Staff Required:5.5 FTE
Hospital Burden
The Solution
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Intelligent Error Surveillance
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o Scans discharged patient records and looks for errors and near misses
o Uses machine learning algorithms to combine data points into a comprehensive picture
o Same way a clinician would when reviewing a chart
Intelligent Error Surveillance
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Complete
Controlled
Efficient
Intelligent Errors Surveillance
