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Powell Recovery Center shows data-driven gains in retention and ED use, asks city to partner on real-time interventions
Summary
Powell Recovery Center presented a practice-based data warehouse that linked EHR, labs, pharmacy and public records; the center reported measurable retention improvements and a 52% reduction in ED visits after treatment in a sample, and urged Baltimore City and hospital partnerships to scale real-time outreach.
Kim Wireman, president of Powell Recovery Center, told the council committee Powell has built an integrated, practice-based data warehouse to track client journeys and improve real-time interventions.
"We built one," Wireman said, describing connected feeds from the center's electronic health record, labs, pharmacy records and an automated case search of Maryland Judiciary records. Wireman said Powell built the system without new funding using in-house staff, and designed it to be open and shareable with public-health partners.
Wireman gave concrete results from retrospective analyses: in one 365-day period Powell logged roughly 1,300 emergency-department visits by 165 clients; 30…
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