Problem
Review the Jeff case study. Assume you are the Chief Operating Office of a large county-wide hospital and clinic system.
i. Briefly describe a healthcare system design that would use clinic visits and data analytics to improve the quality and cost of care for a given population of 1000 patients with similar medical problems and life circumstances to Jeff.
ii. Assume the predictive analytics project and monitoring hardware/software/staffing cost $500,000 per year for a program involving 1000 patients at risk for complications like Jeff. Can you justify the implementation of such a project on a qualitative basis? Can you justify the implementation on a quantitative cost benefit?
iii. Do you think a system of clinic visits and data analytics would be sufficient to care for patients like Jeff? What else might your system need to offer to maximize the quality and reduce the cost of caring for patients like Jeff?