Predictive health: could it be a new paradigm for quality?
If successful, program will contribute to a reduction in hospital admissions. Initiative focuses on biometric measures thought to be predictive of disease. Proponents say that hospitals would benefit from ownership of predictive health centers.
D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D015984:Causality; D005845:Georgia; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010343:Patient Admission; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment