Optimizing Length of Stay with AI: West Tennessee Healthcare Pilots Xsolis’ Dragonfly Navigate
As healthcare systems continue to face challenges around capacity management and discharge planning, one leading regional provider is turning to AI-powered technology to drive efficiency and improve patient outcomes.
West Tennessee Healthcare, a not-for-profit healthcare system, has expanded its partnership with Xsolis, an AI-driven technology company, to pilot the new Dragonfly Navigate workflow solution. Dragonfly Navigate is designed to help hospitals optimize length of stay and streamline discharge planning through predictive analytics and automated tasks.
“We are excited to expand our partnership with Xsolis to pilot the Dragonfly Navigate workflow solution,” said Debbie Ashworth, Executive Director of Care Management at West Tennessee Healthcare. “Dragonfly Navigate provides a seamless workflow that complements clinical expertise and supports more proactive discharge planning, which will give my teams more time to focus on addressing patient needs.”
Building on a proven track record
West Tennessee Healthcare has utilized Xsolis’ proprietary workflow solutions since July 2022 and has six facilities live on Xsolis’ Dragonfly platform, to date. The health system also leverages Xsolis’ Best in KLAS Physician Advisory Services and connects with payer partners on Dragonfly, leveraging Xsolis’ proprietary Care Level Score™ to facilitate Precision Utilization Management (UM). Precision UM is Xsolis’ highest level of collaboration and time savings offered between payers and providers, where appropriate cases are automated based on historically agreed upon thresholds. To optimize length of stay, West Tennessee Healthcare has also had success with Dragonfly Navigate AI, which incorporates Xsolis’ proprietary AI model predictions into the EMR, to help care teams more easily identify discharge priorities and align on discharge plans.
Now, the health system will be the first to pilot the new Dragonfly Navigate offering, the accompanying workflow solution, which builds on Xsolis’ previous products that optimize length of stay – with more performance insights, plus tools that address the root causes of excess days.
Dragonfly Navigate incorporates proprietary AI models that predict discharge date and disposition early in the patient encounter, enabling more proactive discharge planning and improving patient throughput. The solution also includes automated AI-powered tasks that alert users to potential discharge conflicts or opportunities, as well as thoughtful documentation features and standardized data sets designed for efficiency.
Optimizing length of stay for capacity issues, savings
Additionally, Dragonfly Navigate offers bi-directional EMR integration to prevent duplicate documentation and data silos, and facility dashboards with metrics to manage capacity, identify discharge opportunities, and track patients with known barriers. Retrospective dashboards also connect performance trends to the root causes of avoidable delays.
“Length of stay is the next frontier for bringing our customers significant savings,” said Joan Butters, CEO and co-founder of Xsolis. “We have listened to their needs and are excited to deliver a more seamless workflow solution with Dragonfly Navigate, which builds on the success of our previous products to drive length of stay improvements.”
Optimizing length of stay has been identified as a key characteristic of financially high-performing hospitals. According to the latest data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average adjusted expenses per inpatient day at U.S. hospitals is $3,025. That means just one patient staying an unnecessary day at the hospital for each of the 365 days per year totals $1.1 million in additional expenses for the hospital.
By leveraging AI-powered predictive analytics and automated workflows, Dragonfly Navigate aims to help hospitals like West Tennessee Healthcare identify and address the root causes of discharge barriers and avoidable delays. This can lead to improved capacity management, care coordination and patient throughput, enabling more efficient utilization of hospital resources.
To learn more about Xsolis’ Dragonfly Navigate, a better way to manage length of stay, visit https://www.xsolis.com/solutions/navigate/.
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