Data and Analytics
OneCare Vermont uses data and analytics to measure health care cost, quality, and utilization to help providers identify which Vermonters need outreach and which areas of care delivery to improve.
OneCare brings data together from different parts of health care: health care services, insurance claims, medical records, pharmacies, and hospital visits. OneCare then helps providers use the insights gleaned from these data to quickly adapt to evolving health needs in their communities. Providers who participate in OneCare benefit from OneCare’s data about not just their practice, but also their region, the state, and how they compare. Using this data, health care providers can look at the health of the Vermonters they care for as well as their community and develop strategies to help everyone in their care become and stay healthy.
Data also help providers examine a critical aspect of health care: cost. Using data, we can help lower costs for care that is both unnecessary and expensive by investing in preventive care, avoiding duplicate tests, or waiving a requirement that patients spend days in the hospital before transitioning to skilled nursing care when the hospital stay is not needed.
OneCare Data & Analytics in Action
Data & Analytics Bonus Video: Identifying Patients with Hypertension
Learn another example of how our data gave providers at BMH information they can’t get from their own electronic medical records (EMRs), allowing them to identify patients with hypertension, conduct outreach, and develop care plans to improve health outcomes.
Data & Analytics Bonus Video: Reducing Diabetes
Eilidh Pederson gives another example of how Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) used OneCare data to identify that BMH’s diabetic population had very high A1C (blood sugar) levels, inspiring innovation in care and leading to a dramatic reduction in A1C levels and improvement in health outcomes.
Data & Analytics Bonus Video: Medicare Hospice Beneficiary Use
Eilidh Pederson gives another example of how Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) used OneCare data to identify Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for end of life care.