Healthcare Finance: Artificial intelligence in oncology care saved $3 million for one Texas provider
Automating risk stratification kept patients out of the ER, giving financial incentive to move to an alternative payment model.
Cancer patients often end up in the emergency room for a variety of reasons, but in many cases there are better alternatives. One of the reasons for this is the expense: At $2,032, on average, ER visits add $32 billion to the country’s annual healthcare costs, according to the National Library of Medicine.