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NDHI<br />

NAT IONAL DIALOGUE FOR<br />

Healthcare Innovation<br />

• An ongoing research project to demonstrate the<br />

clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes associated<br />

with this chronic care program<br />

Project Sonar utilizes critical elements of the Chronic<br />

Care Model, including:<br />

• Patient engagement<br />

––<br />

Patient involvement is initially facilitated through<br />

a ‘super visit’ with the nurse care manager<br />

to assess risk, treatment history, and patient<br />

preferences<br />

––<br />

Patient adherence is promoted by the Sonar<br />

system, which ‘pings’ patients reminders via<br />

their smartphones<br />

• Proactive practice teams<br />

––<br />

Patient care is managed through a team of nurse<br />

care managers and physician medical directors<br />

––<br />

Treatment decisions are based on AGA Care<br />

Pathways for Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative<br />

Colitis<br />

• Clinical information systems<br />

––<br />

Analysis of patient-reported outcomes data is<br />

sent to the practice team on a monthly basis<br />

––<br />

Over time, this data produces a patient’s ‘Sonar<br />

Score,’ graphically representing the individual’s<br />

risk and changing health status, which is fed<br />

back into Sonar tools and dashboards to be<br />

used by the care team<br />

• During the first full year of Project Sonar data collection,<br />

patients with Crohn’s disease experienced:<br />

––<br />

57.14% fewer inpatient admissions<br />

––<br />

53.28% fewer emergency department visits<br />

––<br />

24.5% reduction in injectable biologics<br />

––<br />

8.97% increased use of infusible biologics<br />

• The platform and database also allow for additional<br />

clinical and economics outcomes studies<br />

Path Forward<br />

• Project Sonar will continue to serve patients in the<br />

existing program and conduct outcomes studies<br />

• Project Sonar is pursuing negotiations with Blue<br />

Cross Blue Shield plans across the country to<br />

integrate cost data<br />

• Long term goals include:<br />

––<br />

National expansion to additional large multi-site<br />

GI practices<br />

––<br />

Investigation into the feasibility of expanding<br />

into smaller independent practices<br />

––<br />

Acquiring claims and cost data beyond Blue<br />

Cross Blue Shield health plans, which will be of<br />

critical importance to conduct national outcomes<br />

and cost effectiveness studies<br />

––<br />

Conducting national outcomes and cost effectiveness<br />

studies on IBD topics<br />

Value Delivered<br />

• This program utilizes coordinated, comprehensive<br />

care and patient engagement to improve patient<br />

outcomes and reduces costs to the system<br />

Project Sonar<br />

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