Patient Risk Stratification

Category: healthcare

The classification of members into low, medium, or high risk based on their health status.

In DPC, we stratify to personalize. You don't give the same attention to a healthy 20-year-old as you do to a diabetic 60-year-old. Stratification ensures the high-risk patients are flagged for proactive outreach and regular, check-in appointments.

Common Examples

• We use patient risk stratification to prioritize our outreach to those members who are most at risk of developing acute complications.
• The success of our DPC model is built on patient risk stratification, allowing us to manage every panel member with the correct degree of intensity.