Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System will soon deploy an AI-based technology that flags polypharmacy issues, or problems related to taking five or more medications.
Atlantic Health partnered with FeelBetter, which offers polypharmacy patient management technology, according to an April 9 news release. The health system's new tool will find patients at high risk of hospitalization, recommend edits to medication regimens and other clinical interventions, and "monitor care journeys at the individual and population health levels," the release said.
Every year, substandard medication management leads to 275,000 deaths and more than $528 billion in avoidable costs in the U.S., according to research.
The health system provides care for more than half of New Jersey and parts of New York and Pennsylvania, and FeelBetter's platform will be available for more than 520,000 beneficiaries via Atlantic Health's three Accountable Care Organizations.