Healthcare Information Technology System for Predicting or Preventing Readmissions

A system for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the system comprising:

• at least one memory operable to store data for a plurality of readmitted patients of a first hospital;
• and
• a first processor configured to:
• identify variables contributing to readmission specific to the first hospital based on the data for the plurality of the readmitted patients of the first hospital;
• and
• incorporate the variables into a predictor of readmission for a future patient of the first hospital.

In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for predicting or preventing hospital readmission, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

• predicting a probability of readmission of a patient, the predicting occurring during a patient stay and prior to discharge;
• comparing the probability to a threshold;
• and
• generating an alert based on the comparing, the generating occurring during the patient stay.