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The Challenge: Chronic Diseases are Killing Us 

Seven of the top 10 causes of the death in the U.S. are directly attributable to one or more major chronic health conditions.¹ Coming in at number seven on the list, diabetes is a particularly heavy hitter—affecting more than 9% of the total population and accounting for a staggering $245 billion in annual healthcare costs.²  With one in three patients admitted to hospitals in the Carondelet Health Network presenting as diagnosed diabetics, the situation called for a new and innovative approach to managing diabetes treatment and the corresponding costs.  

The Solution: Target & Treat 

To test a more pro-active and thereby more cost-effective management approach to diabetes care, Carondelet Health Network worked with Amitech to develop a risk scoring algorithm to stratify admitted patients based on already available clinical and demographic data and simple behavioral survey questions. Clinical parameters helped to determine a patient’s final diabetes “score,” which was tied directly to a treatment protocol that involved a multidisciplinary, bilingual medical team. Throughout the course of treatment, both the medical team and the patient themselves used an end-to-end application built by Amitech to capture clinical pathway data and help manage treatment activity. 

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1.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps 
2. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/