{"id":1994,"date":"2016-07-21T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T23:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionhealth-blog.local\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2024-08-13T01:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:18:49","slug":"one-year-60-patients-and-1000-ed-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/global\/blog\/one-year-60-patients-and-1000-ed-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year, 60 Patients, and 1,000 ED Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What could have possibly forced 60 patients to visit the ED 1,000 times in a single year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>When a customer of ours reported this story to me, I was floored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the patients visited the ED between sixteen and seventeen times in a single year?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was true. In fact, the frequency of these patients\u2019 visits became so renowned among the staff, the patients were playfully dubbed \u201cfrequent flyers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were Medicare and Medicaid patients who just needed a meal, didn\u2019t have the co-pay for their medications, didn\u2019t have family, and\/or didn\u2019t have transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to get what they needed, they called 9-1-1 and took an ambulance to the ED, costing the system thousands of dollars every single time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not a healthcare problem. That\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/\/global\/knowledge-hub\/blogs\/why-sharing-patient-information-is-key-to-health-it-success\/\">a&nbsp;<em>social<\/em>&nbsp;problem<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if each frequent flyer\u2019s care coordinator had been empowered to detect these patterns proactively and facilitate meals and meds before the patient was forced to lean so hard on the system?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the installation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/\/global\/knowledge-hub\/blogs\/collaborative-care-strategy-for-complex-patients\/\">care-coordination tools<\/a>, this hospital&nbsp;<em>became<\/em>&nbsp;empowered. 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