CHN Congregations
23 Level 4
166 Level 3
48 Level 2
88 Level 1
469 trained liaisons
10,848 members
registered
523 persons in ‘Visitation Training
133 persons in the ‘Care for the
Dying’ training
78 persons in the ‘Mental Health
First Aid’ training
172 persons in ‘Aftercare’ (HandsOn Caregiving) Training
05-30-11
CHN Early Outcome Data (NOT a
Research Project per se)
Initial Data from first 25 months of buildout and operation of CHN: Nov. 2007-Nov.
2009
Comparison of 473 CHN Members who
came into MLH to controls who also were
patients (matched on age, gender,
ethnicity) in this timeframe
Gross Hypothesis: CHN=social intervention;
CHN and non-CHN receive standard care in
hospital, CHN caregiving outside impacts
Congregational Health Network:Outcome
Measures
•
Impact measured in hospital from
Electronic Medical Record (compare
CHN vs. non-CHN patient on disease
care piece of “health journey”)
– Decreased
days)
– Decreased
– Decreased
– Decreased
recidivism (return within 30
total costs
mortality rate
# entering through ED
CHN Outcome Data: 25 Months
CHN
Matched Controls*
N=473
473
Mean Age:
60
58
Gender:
Female
Male
304
304
169
169
Ethnicity:
African American
European American
419
54
*Matched on age, ethnicity and gender, DRG
358
115
CHN Outcome Data
Mortality Rate
45
CHN
40
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
LOS total
Readmits
Non-CHN
1.00%
0.50%
0.00%
$160,000
$140,000
$120,000
$8,200,000.00
$8,000,000.00
$7,800,000.00
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$7,600,000.00
$7,400,000.00
$7,200,000.00
$7,000,000.00
$6,800,000.00
Sum of
Charges
$40,000
$20,000
$0
Stroke
DM
Renal Failure
Other
Cardiac