Case Studies

Desert Oasis Healthcare reduced the all-cause readmission rate and healthcare utilization by ensuring coordinated, continuous care and appropriate delegation across team members.¹

Desert Oasis Healthcare sought to reduce healthcare utilization among patients with pulmonary diseases. These patients often require frequent ongoing care management that can be best supported by an interdisciplinary, coordinated care team through follow-up.²

• Placed clinical pharmacists at the center of an interdisciplinary model for ongoing, coordinated patient care²
• Enrolled patients in the pulmonary clinic from all areas of health service²
• Clinical pharmacists performed a variety of functions to coordinate care²:
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    Assessment

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    Medication management

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    Education

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    Care coordination

• Total costs associated with all-cause healthcare utilization decreased 38.5% from $11.8 million in 2014 to $7.3 million after 2018¹
• Readmissions decreased 65% from 165 in Year 1 to 58 in Year 4¹