Care provider uses automated machine learning in healthcare

Since Symphony Care Network's introduction to DataRobot in 2016, the Illinois-based transitional care and assisted living provider has used the automated machine learning platform for a number of applications, including one that uses data on falls to predict readmission cases. After seeing research indicating that if certain patients fall, they are likely to fall again, Taylor and his team built a model with DataRobot that can help predict if a patient is expected to fall. The model incorporates data on the type of medication a patient is on and if the drug makes a patient more susceptible to falls, such as by making them dizzy. It also takes in data on patients' conditions and whether a patient has fallen before, among other data. The DataRobot-built model can mine patient data and identify patients who are likely to fall.