
Innovation Science and Implementation
With its mission in mind, DIHI strives to implement each of its innovations to positively impact clinical care in the real world. DIHI has designed, led, and measured impact for numerous innovation implementations. Moreover, DIHI applies its evolving methodologies into the design and implementation of each new innovation, thereby increasing the speed to deliver value and expanding the potential for achievable transformative innovation.


DukeCare: Colon & Rectal Surgery Clinic
An iOS app that helps educate patients who are going to have an ostomy or general GI surgery.

A population health approach to advance care planning in primary care
A population-health based pathway to provide ACP at the Duke Outpatient Clinic.

ED LOS: Predictive analytics to reduce emergency department length of stay for youth with behavioral health disorders
Reducing Emergency Department length of stay through population-based predictive modeling.

Rational coronary care unit triage for stable patients with NSTEMI
Predicting the development of in-hospital complications requiring ICU care in initially stable patients with NSTEMI.

Improving inpatient goals of care conversations
Increasing and improving how hospitalists discuss goals of care with their patients and their families.

Real-time cost transparency for providers and patients in value-based care environment
Allows surgeons access to comparative historical performance reports and “out of pocket” costs per patient.

Pallialytics: Using analytics to inform a palliative care population health management intervention
A viable predictive model to positively affect patient palliative care workflows.

PROMISE: Perioperative Risk Optimization with Machine Learning for an Improved Surgical Experience
Optimization of perioperative care through machine learning.