Intermenez Health is looking to use artificial intelligence and high-touch training to enhance personalized care and medication adherence for patients with heart failure.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
Coaches from Story Health, which help develop personalized care plans using clinical data, will be available to answer Intermenez patients’ questions via text or call. They will also remind them of essential medication changes and ensure that vascular patients have access to the medications they need between visits.
Tom Stanis, CEO and co-founder of Story Health, said: “Patients take long journeys with their health, and an important part of that journey takes place after they leave the doctor’s office. .
Stanis says AI-integrated electronic health record technology and remote monitoring can help identify and address disconnected patient journeys. Once a need is identified, Intermenez clinicians and Story Health coaches will work collaboratively to improve patient engagement and outcomes.
Kismet Rasmusson, a nurse practitioner cardiologist with Intermenez Health’s Cardiology and Cardiology Program, says Story Health offers a new way to put the clinical team’s plan into action.
“We are always looking for innovative ways to care for patients with heart failure due to the clinical importance of improving access to prescription and adherence to life-saving medications,” she said.
The results of the partnership will be available later this year, according to the announcement.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
Clinically proven programs have been helping healthcare organizations treat chronic conditions since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health launched its pediatric echocardiography program more than 10 years ago to help bridge geographic and specialty disparities across Louisiana.
David Houghton, Ochsner’s medical director of telemedicine and digital medicine, it continues to develop a number of hospital telehealth programs to reach new patients and improve improve interactions with existing patients with conditions such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes.
“Digital medicine helps individuals manage their chronic conditions at home while staying connected to a dedicated care team that monitors metrics on their digital devices simultaneously,” he said. Time to deliver personalized results through lifestyle coaching and medication administration.” Healthcare IT News when the pandemic enters its second year.
With a comprehensive continuum of care model, Ochsner already has the infrastructure in place to connect more patients in their homes and provide them with personalized, proactive, preventive interventions to manage management of chronic diseases.
ON PROFILE
Sheralee Petersen, clinical executive director of the Intermountain Cardiology and Cardiology Program, said: “The Intermenez Cardiology and Vascular team is constantly evaluating innovative ways to enhance the value of care we provide. grant.
“This partnership with Story Health is a great example, offering a new approach to patient engagement and empowerment. Together we work towards the goal of reducing heart failure mortality and relapse. hospitalization while improving quality of life through evidence-based care.”
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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