VisualMED and Intelaform Expand Partnership to Address Hospital Readmission Reduction Transition Care Programs in National Ca...
12 Diciembre 2012 - 5:00AM
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VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp. ("VisualMED") (PINKSHEETS: VMCS)
(FRANKFURT: VA6) and Intelaform, Inc. ("Intelaform") announce an
expansion of their Maryland transitional care initiative to include
the District of Columbia by forming the National Capital Region
Hospital Readmission Reduction Consortium ("NCR Consortium"). The
Consortium will focus on implementing community-based continuity of
care programs targeting Senior Citizens. The objective is to
decrease hospital readmission rates for the most common conditions:
cardiovascular, respiratory and diabetes. VisualMED and Intelaform
welcome other companies in joining the NCR Consortium to assist the
National Capital Region.
As of August 2012, none of the organizations participating in
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid System ("CMS")
Community-based Care Transition Care Programs ("CCTPs") were
involved in the District of Columbia and Virginia regions. The
Community-based Care Transition Program (CCTP), created by Section
3026 of the Affordable Care Act, and administered by CMS does test
models for improving care transitions from the hospital to other
settings and for reducing readmissions for high-risk Medicare
beneficiaries. Up to $500 million in total funding is available
from 2011 through 2105.
There are no such CCTP programs to date in the National Capital
Region to assist hospitals in reducing readmission rates for the
three most common disease categories. VisualMED and Intelaform have
created the NCR Consortium in order to leverage their expertise to
fill the need. The leaders of the NCR Consortium, VisualMED and
Intelaform will combine their expertise in medical workflow
processes, strong knowledge of public health issues, and their
relationships in the region, in order to help District of Columbia
and Virginia hospitals meet public policy objectives.
VisualMED and Intelaform believe their product offerings are
"Best of Breed" and can be leveraged into the deployment of a
comprehensive care transition solution that incorporates
community-based organizations (CBOs) and acute care healthcare
facilities as partners. VisualMED and Intelaform products and their
working knowledge of multiple care settings, will allow the
implementation of a cost effective continuity of care program to
reduce hospital readmission. We also have relationships with
suppliers of intelligent home monitoring devices.
Reducing hospital readmission is not just an opportunity in the
United States. Intelaform is also actively helping VisualMED in
submitting a $20M Transitional Care program to the newly elected
government of the Province of Quebec, and to the Canadian Federal
Government. There are currently no transitional care programs to
prevent costly readmissions anywhere in Canada at this time. The
new provincial governing team has a long history of innovation in
improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
Reducing hospital readmission is a huge opportunity. One in five
Medicare patients returns to the hospital within a month of
discharge. Nearly 6 million patients are readmitted within 30 days
of release each year, costing Americans some $47.5 billion in
additional hospital bills. This national average has remained
steady at around 19 percent for several years.
About Intelaform
Intelaform, Inc. is a global leader in emergency preparedness
and response planning and deployment, medical and bio-surveillance
and a premier source for healthcare product monitoring and
surveillance. Intelaform is a Delaware C-Corporation founded in
2007 as a spin out business of Health Pathways, Inc. with
intellectual property from a series of global government agencies
and private sector emergency preparedness and response projects and
healthcare asset management and monitoring programs. Intelaform
global headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland, USA. For more
information, visit www.intelaform.com (or) Contact: L. Samuel
Westney, Director of Business Partnerships, at
(240)4032674/swestney@intelaform.com
About VisualMED
VisualMED markets advanced Clinical Information Systems (CIS)
and Computerized Physician Order Entry that meet the new regulatory
environment ushered in by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 and the Health Reform Act of 2010. VisualMED offers a
powerful technology platform both scalable and interoperable,
developed at a cost of some $40 million and tested over many years
in tertiary care and ambulatory environments. It's also a main
driver of mobile solutions to provide better home care alternatives
for patients and seniors. VisualMED solutions help health care
agencies reduce mortality and morbidity due to medical errors,
increase provider efficiency, and bring down operating costs. The
key clinical components are a core solution in the new agenda to
promote greater patient safety and reduce risks due to medication
errors. The Company's Suites of Medical Solutions operate on state
of the art proprietary software platforms with advanced analytical
capabilities provided by Visual Healthcare Corp. (PINKSHEETS:
VSHC). Detailed information on our company and its products is
available on our web site at www.visualmedsolutions.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Except for historical information
provided herein, this press release may contain information and
statements of a forward-looking nature concerning the future
performance of the Company. These statements are based on
suppositions and uncertainties as well as on management's best
possible evaluation of future events. Such factors may include,
without excluding other considerations, fluctuations in quarterly
results, evolution in customer demand for the Company's products
and services, the impact of price pressures exerted by competitors,
and general market trends or economic changes. As a result, readers
are advised that actual results may differ from expected
results.
Contact: Gerard Dab Chairman & CEO 514-582-5220 e-mail:
gdab@visualmedsolutions.com L. Samuel Westney Director of Business
Partnerships (240)4032674 swestney@intelaform.com
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