Lung Cancer Screening – How It Works2024-08-27T20:51:33+00:00

HOW IT WORKS

AI-Enabled Cancer Screening for FQHCs

Enhance UDS metrics with expert primary care support, AI-driven early diagnosis, and comprehensive radiology risk assessments. Generate revenue to sustain critical cancer screening programs with net zero out-of-pocket costs—no grants required.

The Process

Oatmeal Health revolutionizes cancer screening by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge AI technology with dedicated clinical support.

Our comprehensive platform enhances early detection and patient care, all while reducing the workload for your medical team.

Patient Identification: AI-Powered Risk Assessment2024-08-27T00:45:41+00:00
  • AI algorithm analyzes EHR data to identify high-risk patients
  • Considers factors like age, smoking history, and other health indicators
  • Creates a prioritized list of patients eligible for screening
Automated Scheduling: Seamless Patient Engagement2024-08-27T13:17:44+00:00
  • The system automatically schedules appointments for eligible patients
  • Sends personalized reminders via text, email, or phone
  • Coordinates transportation if needed
Advanced Imaging Analysis: AI-Assisted Cancer Detection2024-08-27T13:21:43+00:00
  • Patients undergo scans at partner imaging centers (lung cancer, breast cancer)
  • Our AI technology analyzes scan results for potential nodules (2nd opinion)
  • Provides rapid, accurate risk assessment for malignancy
  • Collect image scan and radiology report from imaging center and uploads back into FQHC EHR.
Patient Education: Culturally Sensitive, Personalized Communication2024-08-27T13:22:23+00:00
  • AI generates personalized, culturally appropriate educational materials
  • Explains screening results and next steps in the patient’s preferred language
  • Offers ongoing support and information about cancer prevention
Follow-Up Care: Continuous Monitoring and Support2024-08-27T13:23:36+00:00
  • Schedules follow-up appointments based on screening results
  • Monitors patient adherence to recommended care plans
  • Provides regular check-ins and support throughout the process

Artificial Intelligence

Our service includes access to pre-built AI capabilities that have been thoroughly vetted and trained on vast amounts of cancer data.

  • Machine Learning Patient Identification

Using machine learning, we can constantly monitor your patients’ medical records for current or past illnesses.

This information is crucial in identifying patients eligible for cancer screening, such as USPSTF guideline requirements for 20-year pack-history, and developing personalized care plans specific to each patient’s needs.

  • Computer Vision Nodule Assessment

We assist with implementing an FDA-approved AI computer-aided diagnosis algorithm at the primary care health center that evaluates lung cancer CT scans nodules and assigns a malignancy risk score, utilizing various visual characteristics such as size, shape, and texture.

Based on the obtained score, we determine the subsequent course of action, including the recommended care path or rescreening schedule.

  • Generative AI Patient Education

Our approach involves creating educational messaging and videos that are tailored to the patient’s gender, age, language, culture, race, ethnicity, and community, taking into account their unique identity and background. By doing so, we aim to foster cultural sensitivity and improve patient compliance with preventive screenings.

Seeing someone who looks and speaks like the patient can help to establish trust and enhance the patient’s engagement in their healthcare journey.

Seamless Integration

Prove value and drive outcomes quickly with a flexible integration approach.

  • System Agnostic

Oatmeal Health is system agnostic, our care team can work within any EHR and population health management software. (Epic, ECW, Athena, Azara, CareMessage)

  • Established EHR Partnerships

Accelerate delivery with pre-built EHR integrations with top EHR Vendors.

  • No New Data required

Our system thoroughly analyzes fields across multiple data sources, such as EHR screens and paper records, to accurately identify eligible patients according to USPSTF guidelines and the challenging pack year question.

  • No Data Cleaning

Designed for messy, unstructured, structured, and sparse data. 

Our Difference

No software to use, no logins required

  • We do not ask your staff to do “one more thing”

Primary Care Providers already have enough on their plate, and it will only get worse with time with additional screening requirements being added every year. Oatmeal is here to help take lung cancer screenings off your to-do list.

In the near future we plan to address all care gap screenings such as breast, colorectal, pancreatic, heart, and bones.

Join our community of FQHCs that trust Oatmeal Health to screen their patients for cancer

Oatmeal Health collaborates with nonprofits, companies, governments, and other organizations to address complex healthcare challenges on a national scale to screen for cancer.

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What are partners are saying…

“Partnering with Oatmeal Health on this proof-of-concept project is important in terms of advancing lung cancer screening as a public health initiative. Equally important is bringing this opportunity to the patients we serve within the community health center movement who frequently suffer disproportionately, barriers to healthcare and lack of access to innovations in healthcare screening.”

Doug Spegman M.D.
Chief Clinical Officer, MSPH, FACP
El Rio Health
Arizona

“As the largest, rural Community Health Center in Oklahoma, one of the main focuses for our patients is access to affordable, quality care, with screenings being a big part of our primary and preventative mission. Our patients in rural areas often have many barriers to overcome, so partnering with Oatmeal will assist us in removing some of those barriers to provide the best possible access to lung cancer screenings available in the rural eastern portion of our state.”

Brooke Lattimore
COO
Health and Wellness Center
Oklahoma

We are pleased to partner with Oatmeal Health on this proof-of-concept initiative. We are proud to continue our commitment to equitable access to innovative screening technology for all members of our community as a crucial step in ensuring that under-represented populations in Massachusetts receive the care they deserve.

Padmaja Sastry
Senior Director, Digital Transformation
Lowell Community Health Center
Massachusetts