Uppstroms

Uppstroms is a portfolio of precise tools that enables modern healthcare to align proactive resources toward proven action on social determinants of health.

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Aligning proactive solutions into proven action

Using machine learning to create predictive models, Uppstroms gives healthcare providers timely information in the right setting and context, allowing them to identify the highest risk patients and connect them to vital services such as social work, behavioral health, dietitians, legal resources and more. It is used in primary care clinics on a daily basis.

Insight at the Point of Care

Uppstroms serves financially at risk healthcare organizations by enabling clinical team members such as social workers to take preemptive action on behalf of specifically targeted patients upstream of disease development and resource utilization.

UPPSTROMS Results

7%
decrease in hospital admissions
48%
decrease in no-shows
$260
cost reductions per patient

Award Winning Approach

BioCrossroads Indiana Inject Tech Challenge
BioCrossroads Indiana Inject Tech Challenge

First place - the Inaugural Indiana Inject Tech Challenge 2018
BioCrossroads Indiana Inject Tech Challenge
AMIA Pitch IT Competition
AMIA Pitch IT Competition

First place – AMIA Pitch IT Competition 2018
AMIA Pitch IT Competition
AHIMA Pitch Competition
AHIMA Pitch Competition

Third place – AHIMA19 Pitch Competition
AHIMA Pitch Competition

Proven through Research

Oct. 2018

Indianapolis Provider’s Use Of Wraparound Services Associated With Reduced Hospitalizations And Emergency Department Visits

Publication: Health Affairs

Authors: Joshua R. Vest, Lisa E. Harris, Dawn P. Haut, Paul K. Halverson, and Nir Menachemi

Nov. 21, 2017

Assessing the capacity of social determinants of health data to augment predictive models identifying patients in need of wraparound social services

Publication: the Association of Medical Informatics

Authors: Suranga N Kasthurirathne, Joshua R Vest, Nir Menachemi, Paul K Halverson, Shaun J Grannis

Apr. 2019

Impact of Risk Stratification on Referrals and Uptake of Wraparound Services That Address Social Determinants: A Stepped Wedged Trial Author links open overlay panel

Publication: Preventive Medicine

Authors: Joshua R.Vest, Nir Menachemi, Shaun J. Grannis, Jennifer L.Ferrell, Suranga N. Kasthurirathne, Ying Zhang, Yan Tong, Paul K. Halverson