Philips offers 8 large healthcare providers ways to reduce hospital readmissions and healthcare costs
WHAT:
Philips has signed new remote patient monitoring contracts with Advanced Home Care, Atrius Health, Catholic Healthcare West, HealthPartners, Henry Ford Home Healthcare, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare (VNA Nazareth Home Care), South Shore Hospital/South Shore Visiting Nurse Association, and THA Group.
WHO:
All new Philips Telehealth customers:
Advanced Home Care, the largest Medicare-/Medicaid-certified home care organization in North Carolina, is a full-service home care provider with 34 branches in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Atrius Health is a non-profit alliance of five leading medical groups that joined together to transform the delivery of health care in eastern Massachusetts.
Catholic Healthcare West, the fifth largest hospital provider in the nation and the largest hospital system in California, delivers excellent care to diverse communities across Arizona, California, and Nevada.
HealthPartners; the largest consumer-governed, non-profit healthcare organization in the nation (based in Minnesota); customizes and personalizes plans of care to meet individual needs.
Henry Ford Home Health Care, one of Michigan’s leading providers of Medicare-certified home health, offers a complete line of services to ensure quality healthcare in the home. Services include skilled nursing; physical, occupational and speech therapies; social work services; home health aide services; and nutritional counseling.
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare (VNA Nazareth Home Care), Kentucky’s oldest and most experienced home care agency, is recognized nationally for consistently achieving best overall outcomes. Its success is built upon progressive programs designed to provide solutions for today’s healthcare challenges.
THA Group, a nationally recognized leader in telehealth and an affiliate of the Center for Telehealth at Georgia University of Health Sciences (Medical College of Georgia), offers a full continuum of health care services at home for coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
South Shore Hospital (South Shore Visiting Nurse Association) is the regions’ oldest hospital-based home care agency and one of Massachusetts’ largest providers of Medicare-certified home health care.
WHY:
In the changing landscape of healthcare, hospitals and home health organizations are eager to find ways to reduce hospital readmissions and healthcare costs. This is leading providers to remote patient monitoring solutions like Philips Telehealth. Remote patient monitoring of patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure and diabetes, provides clinicians with timely information about their patients’ health status, allowing clinicians to intervene earlier. It also encourages patient involvement and education. This can help lead to improvements in quality of life and economic savings through fewer hospitalizations and ER visits.
“The Philips Telehealth solution has already proved enormously successful in facilitating our efforts to avoid hospitalization and to improve our patients’ capacity for self-care and their quality of life,” said Kathleen Sullivan, Vice President, Catholic Healthcare West Central Coast Home Care Services. “Philips technical and support staff have been instrumental in a rapid deployment effort, which achieved 60% of our target goal within four months.”
“Our agency is part of a large health system, making it essential to partner with our hospitals and physicians to reduce hospital readmissions,” said Gerrie Leppert, President/CEO of VNA Nazareth Home Care. “Telemonitoring is a key component for our success. Philips’ technology differentiates us by delivering patient education and monitoring devices like ECG and the steady scale. Results to date show a dramatic reduction in re-hospitalization rate and a measureable increase in physicians’ desire to partner with us to achieve positive outcomes.”
INTERVIEWS AND IMAGES:
Interviews are available with:
- Kathleen Sullivan, Vice President, Catholic Healthcare West Central Coast Home Care Services
- Gerrie Leppert, President/CEO of VNA Nazareth Home Care
Images of Philips remote patient monitoring products are available upon request
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