High Utilizer Care Plan Project: A Network Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Resource Utilization Among High-Risk Patients
High utilizers contribute to unacceptably high healthcare expenditures. This study shows that a hybrid approach consisting of a multidisciplinary team, standardized definitions, technology-aided protocols to identify HU, and ICPs effectively reduces costs as well as ED and inpatient visits. This approach also reduces unnecessary imaging.
Authors
- Stanislaw P. Stawicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8893-6668)
- Anna Ng-Pellegrino
- Justin Psaila
- Wayne B. Bauerle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0819-0788)
- Vanessa Reese
- Rebecca Miller
- Marisa Schwartz
- Maria Martinez-Baladejo
- Shawn Owens
- Luis Alvarado
Institutions
- St. Luke's University Health Network (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.100999
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00