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Saint Peter’s University Hospital implements Lightbeam AI to cut ED visits by 7%
July 8, 2025
DALLAS – July 8, 2025 – Lightbeam Health Solutions, the proven, AI-enabled solutions and services leader in population health management, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a non-profit, 478-bed acute care teaching hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, announced today a 7.1% absolute reduction (from 16.7% to 9.5%) in emergency department (ED) visits among high-risk patients using Lightbeam AI. Lightbeam AI Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Individual solution predicts which patients are at risk of avoidable ED utilization within the next 90 days based on social vulnerability and enables early interventions and streamlined care coordination without requiring complex integrations or costly clinical inputs.
By detecting social vulnerabilities, which account for 80% of health outcomes, Lightbeam’s SDOH AI solutions prescribed targeted recommendations that empowered care teams to intervene proactively, significantly reduce avoidable ED utilization, and associated costs.
“Through partnerships and grant funding, we had existing programs to support food accessibility and transportation but not a way to efficiently identify which patients needed them,” said Ishani Ved, MHA, CPHQ, FHELA, director of Transformational Population Health and Outcomes at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, parent company of Saint Peter’s University Hospital. “Lightbeam AI identified patients with food and transportation needs, empowering our clinical team to make efficient referrals to existing programs, ultimately enabling us to more effectively serve a growing and predominantly vulnerable population.”
Lightbeam’s SDOH Individual model offers a powerful, cost-effective solution to improve outcomes for high and rising-risk populations aligned with value-based care (VBC) performance objectives. By addressing social risk factors without requiring complex integrations, Lightbeam AI automates care intervention to prevent avoidable utilization, close care gaps, and deliver comprehensive, high-value care for those who are vulnerable and need it the most.
“This collaboration highlights the power of AI and the integration of SDOH to improve care, enhance care manager capacity, and achieve meaningful cost savings,” said Pat Cline, Lightbeam CEO. “Our market-leading, purpose-built AI models are transforming population health management for clients like Saint Peter’s to reduce ED visits and avoidable admissions while enhancing patient satisfaction.”
About Saint Peter’s University Hospital
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, is a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Saint Peter’s, which received its seventh consecutive designation as a Magnet® hospital and the first designation with distinction for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2025, is also state-designated children’s hospital and a regional perinatal center, and is a regional specialist in diabetes, gastroenterology, head and neck surgery, oncology, orthopedics, and women’s services. Saint Peter’s is the recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for the adult intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac progressive care unit and the pediatric intensive care unit. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally recognized Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric surgery and orthopedic surgery featuring innovative anterior scoliosis correction. The hospital has the state’s only hospital-based, midwifery-led birth center – the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center, accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers. Saint Peter’s is a sponsor of residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine, and is a major clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Visit saintpetershcs.com or call 732.745.8600.
About Lightbeam Health Solutions
Lightbeam Health is a proven, AI-enabled platform, solutions, and services leader for population health management. Lightbeam’s AI-enabled population health platform equips payers and providers with the data-driven solutions and services they need to facilitate care orchestration and improve patient outcomes while finding success in all value-based care arrangements. Lightbeam Health services ACO REACH, MSSP ACO, Medicare Advantage, traditional Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial populations across the country. For more information, visit www.lightbeamhealth.com and follow Lightbeam on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).
By detecting social vulnerabilities, which account for 80% of health outcomes, Lightbeam’s SDOH AI solutions prescribed targeted recommendations that empowered care teams to intervene proactively, significantly reduce avoidable ED utilization, and associated costs.
“Through partnerships and grant funding, we had existing programs to support food accessibility and transportation but not a way to efficiently identify which patients needed them,” said Ishani Ved, MHA, CPHQ, FHELA, director of Transformational Population Health and Outcomes at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, parent company of Saint Peter’s University Hospital. “Lightbeam AI identified patients with food and transportation needs, empowering our clinical team to make efficient referrals to existing programs, ultimately enabling us to more effectively serve a growing and predominantly vulnerable population.”
Lightbeam’s SDOH Individual model offers a powerful, cost-effective solution to improve outcomes for high and rising-risk populations aligned with value-based care (VBC) performance objectives. By addressing social risk factors without requiring complex integrations, Lightbeam AI automates care intervention to prevent avoidable utilization, close care gaps, and deliver comprehensive, high-value care for those who are vulnerable and need it the most.
“This collaboration highlights the power of AI and the integration of SDOH to improve care, enhance care manager capacity, and achieve meaningful cost savings,” said Pat Cline, Lightbeam CEO. “Our market-leading, purpose-built AI models are transforming population health management for clients like Saint Peter’s to reduce ED visits and avoidable admissions while enhancing patient satisfaction.”
About Saint Peter’s University Hospital
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, is a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Saint Peter’s, which received its seventh consecutive designation as a Magnet® hospital and the first designation with distinction for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2025, is also state-designated children’s hospital and a regional perinatal center, and is a regional specialist in diabetes, gastroenterology, head and neck surgery, oncology, orthopedics, and women’s services. Saint Peter’s is the recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for the adult intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac progressive care unit and the pediatric intensive care unit. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally recognized Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric surgery and orthopedic surgery featuring innovative anterior scoliosis correction. The hospital has the state’s only hospital-based, midwifery-led birth center – the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center, accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers. Saint Peter’s is a sponsor of residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine, and is a major clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Visit saintpetershcs.com or call 732.745.8600.
About Lightbeam Health Solutions
Lightbeam Health is a proven, AI-enabled platform, solutions, and services leader for population health management. Lightbeam’s AI-enabled population health platform equips payers and providers with the data-driven solutions and services they need to facilitate care orchestration and improve patient outcomes while finding success in all value-based care arrangements. Lightbeam Health services ACO REACH, MSSP ACO, Medicare Advantage, traditional Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial populations across the country. For more information, visit www.lightbeamhealth.com and follow Lightbeam on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).