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Orlando Health Selects Phytel's Atmosphere Platform for Population Health Management
DALLAS, TX, Nov 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Phytel, the leader in automated, provider-led population health
improvement, announced today that Orlando Health, one of Florida's
most comprehensive private, not-for-profit healthcare networks, has
selected Phytel's Atmosphere(TM) suite of Web-based population health
management tools as a critical component of its strategy to build new
healthcare delivery models. All of the primary care physicians in the
400-doctor Orlando Health Physician Group will use Phytel's Outreach,
Insight, and Coordinate modules to ensure that every patient receives
the most appropriate intervention and follow-up care. Additionally,
Orlando Health will introduce Phytel Transition to improve
post-discharge care coordination and reduce preventable readmissions.
Rick Schooler, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of
Orlando Health and winner of the prestigious CHIME/HIMSS John E.
Gall, Jr. CIO of The Year award, commented, "Of all the systems we've
invested in as an organization or are considering adopting, nothing
is currently more critical to our strategy of being able to
effectuate population health, improve quality, and lower cost than
Phytel. The fact that Phytel has already integrated its solution with
many of the leading EHRs is also important, because it would mean
private practice physicians in any accountable care organization we
may form would have access to Phytel's vital reports on patient care
gaps. Overall, I've been encouraged by Phytel's successful
implementations at other complex health systems."
Orlando Health has pursued numerous strategies to adjust to the
fast-evolving value-based system of health, which rewards providers
commensurate with the quality of care they deliver. To succeed in a
value-based environment, Orlando Health's leaders realized they
needed population health and care management tools that went far
beyond the capabilities offered by their electronic health record
(EHR). After an extensive search by administrators, IT staff, and
physicians, Orlando Health chose Phytel because it offered the best
combination of field-tested solutions that fit clinician workflows,
patient engagement tools, and integration. That integration was
especially important because Orlando Health is affiliated with
hundreds of community physicians who use a variety of EHRs from
different vendors and who may at some point join the health system in
forming an ACO.
In selecting Phytel for population health, Orlando Health was
particularly encouraged by the recognition of Phytel by the National
Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), which credentials PCMHs.
Moreover, the health system's leaders recognized that Phytel could
enable an ACO to quickly scale up its population health management
efforts.
"It's going to be absolutely critical to our success as a value-based
organization, and potentially an ACO, that we have a product like
Phytel to help us manage our population's health," said Jennifer
Endicott, Vice President of Clinical Integrations for Orlando Health.
"Phytel's care management tools have a seamless end-user interface
that makes them easy for clinicians to use. And, unlike the other
solutions we looked at, Phytel includes a well-thought-out patient
engagement piece that fits right into our patient portal. Its
solution is also well-designed to help us obtain recognition of
patient-centered medical homes, because aspects of NCQA's criteria
are integrated into Phytel's product."
Phytel also plans to integrate its web-based solution with Orlando
Health's health information exchange and patient portal platforms,
enabling physicians and patients to conveniently access information
pertinent to their respective needs and priorities. Both Phytel and
Orlando Health believe this integration is vital to support
streamlined provider workflows as well as effective engagement of
patients.
Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel, said, "Orlando Health's decision to
adopt Phytel's complete solution across their entire organization is
a strong signal of confidence in our company and our ability to
implement at scale and on time. We are committed to helping Orlando
Health -- one of the premier healthcare systems in the country --
gain patient-centered medical home recognition and build a successful
accountable care organization. With the assistance of our
user-friendly care coordination tools, expertise in patient
engagement, and knowledge of population health management, we're
confident that Orlando Health will achieve its goals."
About Phytel
The premier company empowering physician-led population
health improvement, Phytel provides physicians with proven technology
to deliver timely, coordinated care to their patients. Phytel's
state-of-the-art registry, which now encompasses more than 25 million
patients nationwide, uses evidence-based chronic and preventive care
protocols to identify and notify patients due for service, while
tracking compliance and measuring quality and financial results. For
more information, please visit www.phytel.com. Follow us on Twitter
and find us on Facebook.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a $1.9 billion not-for-profit
health care organization and a community-based network of hospitals
and care centers throughout Central Florida. The organization, which
includes the area's only Level One Trauma Centers for adults and
pediatrics, is a statutory teaching hospital system that offers both
specialty and community hospitals. They are: Orlando Regional Medical
Center; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Winnie Palmer Hospital
for Women & Babies; Dr. P. Phillips Hospital; South Seminole
Hospital; Health Central Hospital, South Lake Hospital (50 percent
affiliation); St. Cloud Regional Medical Center (20 percent
affiliation), and MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando -- the first
affiliate of one of the nation's premier cancer centers, The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. In all,
Orlando Health serves 1.6 million Central Florida residents and
nearly 3,000 international patients annually. More information can be
found at www.orlandohealth.com.
Contact:
Todd Stein
Amendola Communications
916-346-4213
Email Contact
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