NorthShore University HealthSystem teamed up with Laguna Health in 2021 to study whether greater post-acute care support can improve patient recovery and reduce readmissions. The research partners recently released results of the study, which found that giving patients emotional and psychological support after their discharge hastens recovery, decreases costs and alleviates physician burnout.
The Illinois-based health system is teaming up with the analytics company to launch a genomics program, which will focus on predicting the risk of illness and outcomes among patients. It will also provide free genetic testing to low-income patients in an effort to increase access to genomic care.
As part of a new initiative called DNA10K, more than 10,000 NorthShore patients will gain access to Color's clinical-grade genetic testing and whole genome sequencing.
NorthShore built structured clinical decision support toolkits into the Epic EMR to capture discrete data for 10 specific neurological disorders. The next step is to build a neurology research network among like-minded health systems.
Dr. William Knaus, who created Health Heritage, has been executive director for clinical research informatics at NantHealth since September.