Dive Brief:
- The Cleveland Clinic has begun publishing its analytic algorithms on Apervita, making them available to other providers to improve patient outcomes.
- The Apervita platform enables health professionals to author, publish and subscribe to evidence-based algorithms, quality and safety measures, pathways and protocols.
- The Cleveland Clinic joins other large organizations like the Mayo Clinic that are already sharing algorithms on the platform.
Dive Insight:
The Cleveland Clinic has developed various analytics tools focused on specialties (cardiology, diabetes, oncology, surgery) and advanced prediction models to rapidly process large amounts of patient data.
"Apervita provides Cleveland Clinic with a unique approach to make this knowledge computable and share it with a broad audience, increasing its impact on health," said Michael Kattan, chair of quantitative health sciences in a statement.
"Publishing Cleveland Clinic's expansive library of prediction models aligns with our goal to ensure they are broadly adopted and thereby increasing the likelihood of positive global impact to patients," said Gary Fingerhut, executive director at Cleveland Clinic Innovations.