Case Study: Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) achieves double-digit reductions in hospital readmissions with InterSystems HealthShare (InterSystems)

Statewide Health Information Exchange Organization Reduces Hospital Readmission Rates with InterSystems HealthShare

Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) is a statewide health information exchange working to reduce hospital readmissions by identifying high‑risk patients and improving care-team communication across multiple physicians, hospitals, and disparate electronic medical record systems. The core challenge was delivering the right, consented patient information at the right time to prevent avoidable readmissions.

RIQI implemented its CurrentCare HIE on InterSystems HealthShare to aggregate and normalize consented data from hospitals, physicians, labs, and pharmacies in near real time, including physical and behavioral health records. HealthShare’s active analytics generate automated alerts for ER visits, admissions/discharges, and unfilled prescriptions so care teams can act quickly—resulting in a double‑digit reduction in readmissions in a diabetes trial and measurable cost‑savings and quality feedback for providers.

Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI)

Gary Christensen

COO, CIO