A Death-Predicting Algorithm?
So I just came across an article about Aspire Health, a startup that claims it can predict which patients will die within the next year, and lower their bills by providing palliative care at home instead.
"We can tell which patients will die in one week, six weeks or one year,” says former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, a transplant surgeon who co-founded Aspire. The Nashville-based company, which recently won $32 million in funding from GV (formerly called Google Ventures), has managed the care of more than 20,000 Medicare Advantage patients in 19 states in exchange for a monthly fee. It estimates that it can save health plans $8,000 to $12,000 per patient.
Anyone else find this slightly strange? I see the benefits of the service, but there does seem to be a slippery slope morality wise to claim to know when death is approaching.
