A Dynamic Example of Delivering Patient Management Identification Opportunities Using SAS/IntrNet®

This SAS/IntrNet application provides instant access to almost 5 million health claim and clinical information records. It is designed to focus and prioritize patients for interaction through Aetna's behavioral health case management and disease management programs. Through the company intranet, nurse case managers have the ability to search for patients by program, service area, employer (plan sponsor), or Aetna office. A submitted search produces a prioritized list of patients meeting criteria provided to the search form. Each patient is listed with relevant data to help the nurse select a patient in need of interaction. A drill-down into claims, disease identification information, demographics, risk levels, and clinical markers allows the nurse to decide whether this patient should be contacted. Then an assignment decision can be executed within the tool and the patient's status may be tracked. This application uses the flexibility of SAS/IntrNet, the SAS Macro Language, dataset indexes, and the data step in combination with web browser features such as HTML and JavaScript to create a dynamic set of forms and web reports. This paper will explore the process of combining a dynamic SAS application with local intranet standards, and along the way demonstrate how we can write HTML with SAS.