Automated electronic health record score to predict mortality risk at the US Department of Veterans Affairs

Automated electronic health record score to predict mortality risk at the US Department of Veterans Affairs
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, by Thomas F Osborne, Zachary P Veigulis, Anna Ware, David M Arreola, Catherine Curtin, Marianne Yeung; 4/24
A readily available risk score, automatically calculated from EHR data, was able to identify patients at high risk for 30-day mortality in the acute care setting. Next steps will be to assess how the CAN score can be utilized to in improve end of life care for high-risk hospitalized Veterans.