Care Gap Case Study
Heads up. The rate of colon cancer cases is increasing. The USPSTF reduced the recommended screening age from 50 to 45. Anecdotally, I also have heard two devastating cases this week of people sub-40 years old getting diagnosed with late stage colon cancer.
What. In. The. World. Is. Happening.
We're taking a crack at the problem, working with a large multi state ambulatory health system to implement our AI driven patient checks ahead of upcoming visits. We do it through multiple ways:
We often see a patient is actually eligible for a screening earlier because on page 35 of some buried fax is an unstructured indication that a patient has a paternal history of colon cancer that makes the patient eligible for an earlier screening. We let the provider know.
We search and compare structured and unstructured data and combine it with the latest screening standards.
Share and cite direct evidence with people in the loop to validate and verify findings.
In the 370,000-patient population we serve for this health system, adjusted for gender and demographic ratios, Basalt is helping identify and treat:
78,000 additional preventative screenings (0.70% diagnostic rate on incremental colonoscopies) [1]
620 cancer cases identified that would’ve been missed (1.00% diagnostic rate on incremental colon cancer screenings) [2]
Approximately 320+ lives impacted (hopefully saved) in a year, including adenoma [3]
You can read the full case study below and how Basalt helps narrow the care gap for patients.
