Mary-Louise Hoffman
IBM and Computer Programs and Systems will collaborate on a healthcare project that seeks to leverage predictive analytics technology to help rural and community hospitals cut readmission rates.
CPSI and its TruBridge subsidiary plan to use IBM’s SPSS Modeler data mining and analytics platform to identify patients at increased risk of readmission in hospitals participating in the case study, CPSI said Monday.
“We’re pleased to be working with CPSI to apply predictive analytics to help community hospitals identify and address the many operational and financial opportunities to improve healthcare,” said Alistair Rennie, IBM general manager of business analytics.
“Our collaboration with IBM gives us the tools necessary to leverage big data aggregated and curated from across our client base,” Boyd Douglas, CPSI president and CEO, added.
The companies will initially focus on ten medical facilities and aim to determine readmission risk factors through the use of IBM technology.
