Predictive Modeling Bulletin

Predictive Modeling Bulletin             ●             January 21, 2009              ●           Volume One Issue One
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What's News
 

Simple Tool May Help Predict Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis
Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2009


The Effect of a Carve-out Advanced Access Scheduling System on No-show Rates
Family Medicine, January 2009


Preoperative and Intraoperative Predictors of Cardiac Adverse Events after General, Vascular, and Urological Surgery
Anesthesiology, January 2009


A predictive model for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalisation of premature infants born at 33-35 weeks of gestational age
Respiratory Research, December 2008

 

This Month
 
Predictive Modeling News
  In the January 2009 issue of Predictive Modeling News, you'll find:
  • A feature article by Russell Jackson on a tool predicting home care patient's re-hospitalization and ER use, in which field clinicians use the PM feature of the assessment tool for on-the-spot planning
  • An edited podcast transcript of a discussion by Surya Singh with accompanying data charts on using lab and health risk assessment numbers in predictive models, along with guest Shiva Guatam
  • An analysis of two recent journal articles on predictive modeling concepts and inputs: a study finding more medication record errors are system-generated, and a discussion regarding DM vendor options available to improve value proposition
  • Thought Leader corner responses to the question: "What new, significant developments or issues do you see emerging for predictive modeling in 2009?
  • Industry News briefs on developments at D2Hawkeye, MEDai, the Population Health Impact Institute, Qforma, Syncare and the National Predictive Modeling Summit
  • A Catching Up With... Profile of Soyal Momin, Director, Research & Population Management Analytics for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

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