Healthcare entrepreneurs for diabetes and hospital readmission [Video]

A readmission risk assessment tool and two diabetes education programs will now be put to the ultimate reality check: patients.

The winner of the Janssen Connected Care Challenge and finalists in Sanofi’s Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge will use their winnings to test their solutions for reducing healthcare costs in hospitals and communities.

RightCare Solutions‘ tool for tracking patients at risk for being readmitted to the hospital has won $100,000 in the Janssen competition.

The concept focuses on identifying vulnerable patients when they’re admitted rather than when they’re discharged. It uses a scoring system to identify patients who should be referred for post-acute services to prevent readmission. The questions are administered by nurses and discharge planners, and patients are referred for post-acute care support if their responses trigger an alert.

RightCare Solutions will use the money to support the build-out of the D²S²software and run a pilot at four hospitals. It is also developing a second-generation tool …