Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Health Care Innovation Award Patient Centered Cloud-based Electronic System: Ambient Warning and Response Evaluation (AWARE) Patient-Centric Electronic Environment for Improving Acute Care Performance Award
Patient-centric electronic environment for improving acute care performance
Role: LeaderMayo Clinic Lead Investigators: Ognjen Gajic, M.D.; Brian Pickering, M.B., B.Ch.
Geographic Reach: Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma
Funding Amount: $16,035,264
Estimated Three-Year Savings for Government Programs: $81,345,987
Summary: Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group and Philips Research North America, is receiving an award to improve critical care performance for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in intensive care units (ICUs). Data show that 27 percent of such Medicare beneficiaries face preventable treatment errors due to information overload among ICU providers. Mayo Clinic's model will enhance effective use of data using a Cloud-based system that combines a centralized data repository with electronic surveillance and quality measurement of care responses. As a result, Mayo expects to reduce ICU complications and costs.
Over a three-year period, Mayo Clinic will train 1,440 existing ICU caregivers in four diverse hospital systems to effectively use new health information technologies to manage ICU patient care.
Mayo Clinic's expertise: Mayo Clinic brings informatics expertise to translate data into actionable clinical knowledge. Other grant-supported Mayo Clinic initiatives that rely heavily on informatics include the Rochester Epidemiology Project, Beacon, Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program and the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities.
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