Expanding Access to Care: Meeting Your Strategic and Clinical Objectives

Conversations around access to care and access barriers typically focus on the financial, geographical, or cultural disparities that negatively impact the care journeys of certain populations. Unfortunately, the truth is that many Americans do not receive care in a timely manner, especially when you account for additional challenges like insurance restrictions and health literacy.

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While many view Eon as a leader in early disease detection and care plan generation, we also view ourselves as an access to care company. We work with hospitals in cities and rural communities to provide the highest quality care possible. Our AI models do not discriminate. We do not identify patients based upon their location, income, age, gender, race, or ethnicity. This means that all patient records are reviewed, every scan is analyzed, and abnormalities are identified in any patient - enabling equal care access to all patients within the region.

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We’ve designed our platform to proactively identify patients who might fall through the cracks so that we can intervene and help them access the care they need. This is the right thing to do for patients, but it is also an accelerant for your strategic objectives.

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How Eon Accelerates Access to Care (and the Benefits to You)

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Health systems can achieve outsized benefits by leveraging data trapped in their EHRs to identify unmet clinical needs and automatically generate dynamic care plans tailored to patients. This provides a strategic advantage and range of benefits beyond simply meeting compliance requirements:

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Health Outcomes

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• Ensuring patients receive timely care prevents detectable abnormalities from escalating into deadly conditions like late-stage cancer, reducing avoidable (potentially palliative) care and emergencies. Early detection not only improves long-term outcomes, but provides patients with a broader set of care options to achieve their health goals.
• Using existing EHR data improves community and population health by identifying at-risk patients before they show symptoms.

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Financial Sustainability

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• Hospitals benefit from earlier interventions, which are often less expensive than emergency or advanced-stage treatments. Research shows that treating late-stage lung or breast cancer costs 10 times more than early-stage cancer during the first year of treatment.
• Effective care plan generation increases downstream patient volumes and revenue through service line capture, without overwhelming clinicians.

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Reputation & Trust

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• Expanding access to care through proactive support can increase a health system’s standing in the community and improve trust. It is a clear signal to patients that you care about their physical and financial well-being, while differentiating your services to provide optimal care.
• Hospitals with better access to care are often rated higher in patient satisfaction surveys and healthcare rankings, creating marketing opportunities and sustainable growth.

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Reducing Health Disparities

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• Technology that scrapes patient data without bias eliminates typical barriers to care (e.g., financial, geographical, cultural) and prevents marginalized populations from slipping through the cracks.
• Many vulnerable patients face barriers to follow-up care. Eon helps hospitals track, engage, and re-engage these patients, ensuring compliance with care plans while delivering on the mission to provide equitable care.

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Workforce & Capacity Management

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• Through automated technology, hospitals can better manage patient volumes (regardless of low, medium, or high risk status), reducing strain on healthcare staff. AI can parse vast amounts of data, surface key findings, and risk-stratify patients in a matter of minutes.
• Manual tracking is inefficient, can lead to physician burnout, and is prone to human error. Automated patient management capabilities can streamline outreach and follow-up so providers can focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks.

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Hospitals and physicians face mounting pressure to achieve more with fewer resources. Enhancing access isn’t merely about fulfilling a mandate… it’s about delivering superior patient care while bolstering hospital operations.

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With Eon, patients no longer fall through the cracks due to disconnected systems, overwhelmed staff, or missed follow-ups. And patient findings no longer go untracked, with life-threatening conditions left undiagnosed. Eon helps hospitals bridge gaps by identifying high-risk patients earlier, ensuring timely follow-up, and optimizing care pathways for both clinical and business success.

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Reach out today to discuss how we can help your team turn access to care into a strategic advantage.