Patient Risk Prediction
What AI dashboard feature helps predict which patients are at higher risk for hospitalization?
What is Cumulative Risk Report
What vital sign trend may trigger a fluid overload alert?
What is increased interdialytic weight gain?
What’s one common cause of missed treatments?
What is patient transportation or non-adherence?
What clinical measure is used to assess adequacy?
What is Kt/V?
What does EDW stand for?
What is Estimated Dry Weight?
True or False: AI Risk prediction considers only lab values.
What is False? It also considers missed treatments, weight gains, etc.
What intervention is often recommended when a fluid alert is triggered?
What is adjusting EDW or reviewing fluid removal targets?
Name one strategy to reduce missed treatments.
What is proactive scheduling or social work follow-up?
What action can be taken if adequacy is low?
What is increasing treatment time or checking vascular access?
What symptom might suggest a patient’s EDW is set too high?
What is shortness of breath or swelling?
Name two actions a team can take when a patient is flagged high-risk.
What are early interventions and care coordination?
Who should be notified when a fluid overload risk is identified?
What is the care team and medical director?
True or False: Missed treatments have no impact on patient outcomes.
What is False? They increase hospitalization risk.
True or False: Adequacy alerts should only be reviewed quarterly.
What is False? They should be reviewed regularly.
Who should be involved in reviewing and adjusting EDW?
What is the RN, MD
You can prioritize your interventions by sorting patients using this AI-generated score.
What is the patient V risk score?
A fluid overload alert may also appear when this vital sign remains consistently elevated across treatments.
What is pre-dialysis blood pressure?
This non-clinical factor, when included in the AI’s model, helps identify social determinants contributing to missed treatments.
What is transportation reliability or caregiver support?
This action should be taken when a patient repeatedly receives adequacy alerts despite no changes in treatment prescription.
What is evaluate for access dysfunction or dialyzer performance?
The AI flags low dialysis adequacy in a patient who recently started having shorter treatment times. What is the most likely cause, and what should the clinic team do?
What is shortened treatment reducing total urea clearance; the team should educate the patient on the importance of full treatment time and reinforce adherence to prescribed duration.
This routine team meeting is the ideal place to review AI-generated patient risk predictions and decide next steps.
What is the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meeting?
AI flags a patient for fluid overload despite post-dialysis weights being at or near EDW. What could this indicate, and what should the clinical team investigate?
What is possible underestimation of true dry weight or chronic fluid retention; the team should assess for symptoms like hypertension, edema, lung sounds, and review interdialytic weight gains and ultrafiltration tolerance.
A patient is flagged by AI as high-risk for missed treatments, but they have perfect attendance for the last 2 weeks. What deeper issues might this prediction be based on, and how should the clinic respond?
What are behavioral trends such as previous no-shows, inconsistent treatment durations, psychosocial flags (e.g., depression, transportation barriers), or caregiver burnout; the clinic should proactively engage the social worker and review the patient’s full history and support systems.
Despite no changes in treatment time, dialyzer, or blood flow rate, the AI flags a declining Kt/V trend. What are two less obvious causes of reduced adequacy the team should investigate?
What are access recirculation and poor needle placement (for fistulas/grafts), or changes in patient body composition impacting urea distribution volume?
The AI recommends an EDW decrease based on post-treatment weights and blood pressures, but the patient experiences muscle cramping and hypotension during dialysis. What should be the clinical approach before making an EDW change?
What is to reassess the patient’s fluid status with a full clinical assessment—including lung sounds, edema, standing BP, and patient-reported symptoms—and consider delaying EDW change until symptoms are resolved and tolerance improves?