by Strategic Interests News | Dec 11, 2016 | Consulting, Interoperability
DATOS HEALTH ENTERS INTO U.S. ‘GO-TO-MARKET’ AGREEMENT WITH STRATEGIC INTERESTS
Validated, relevant remote health data and derived insights
eliminate additional work and cost using Datos
DECEMBER 11, 2016, TEL AVIV, Israel – Datos Health, a patient-generated health data (PGHD) management company, has signed a go-to-market agreement with the healthcare consulting firm, Strategic Interests, LLC (SI). This partnership will expedite entry of Datos’s proprietary remote patient management solution within the U.S. healthcare market. Through the use of proprietary algorithms, the Datos platform incorporates patient generated health data (PGHD) and derived insights into the existing clinical workflow. Datos automatically manages and validates relevant data for enhanced clinical decision support to improve patient care on a large scale at a fraction of the cost, thereby eliminating the need for a monitoring call center.
“Datos is one of those exceptional best-in-breed companies, offering clear and immediate benefits to healthcare stakeholders for improved care and enhanced financial performance,” said Al Kinel, President of SI. “Datos’ novel approach to the current remote health data challenge is changing the way that providers care for their remote patients.”
Strategic Interests drives first U.S. pilot for Datos
Leveraging long-standing relationships with healthcare providers and proven experience in bringing new healthcare technologies to commercial success, SI is helping Datos’ initiate their first U.S. pilot at Rochester, NY-based Ridgeview Internal Medicine Group, LLP. Ridgeview’s primary care physicians and care managers can remotely monitor patients suffering from hypertension using the Datos platform to provide clean, validated PGHD and derived insights directly into their existing EMR.
“The U.S. market is significant to us.” said Uri Bettesh, CEO and co-founder of Datos. “To rapidly achieve commerical traction in the U.S., SI offers us a rare combination of sector understanding, a strong, relevant healthcare network and a proven track record of success with healthcare data technology companies. We are very pleased to have SI on board.”
Based on Datos’ current traction in Israel in under 18 months—four pilot programs with leading healthcare providers monitoring diabetes, high blood pressure, long-term and post-acute care—Ridgeview plans to extend Datos monitoring capabilities to other chronic health conditions.
About Datos Health:
Datos Health is an mDigital Health company that is setting a new standard in remote patient care. Datos has developed a proprietary IoT platform to help healthcare organizations improve remote patient care on a large scale at low cost. The Datos platform makes sense of, and more efficiently manages, the limitless amounts of patient generated health data (PGHD) produced from wearables and personal medical devices. Automated management processes combined with integrated in-depth patient insights and expert clinical predictions, help healthcare organizations enhance care while managing higher patient volumes at a fraction of current cost.
Healthcare providers that are interested in a demo of the platform, please contact Datos at info@datos.com.
Visit www.datos.com for more information.
About Strategic Interests:
Strategic Interests (SI) offers advisory and implementation services to help healthcare stakeholders collaborate, improve care and enhance financial performance. As trusted experts in transformation, SI combines vision, deep technological understanding and innovative thinking to each customized, pragmatic client engagement. Using our proven framework, our team of results-oriented, experienced thought-leaders—each with years of experience in various areas of healthcare including management, clinical, analytical, technical, and marketing—delivers on the specific needs of each project, ensuring our clients’ objectives are met and their expectations are exceeded.
Visit www.strategicinterests.com for more information.
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by Strategic Interests News | Nov 11, 2016 | Conferences, Consulting, HIT Strategy
The 2016 Digital Health Conference (DHC) will bring together 500 senior-level healthcare professionals to learn about cutting-edge innovations and foster dynamic conversation addressing how healthcare is being redefined through technology. Strategic Interests will be there meeting with past and future partners.
DHC features a diverse roster of thought-leading, incisive speakers from across the healthcare spectrum. New York’s healthcare and health tech community gather for two days of networking, lively intellectual exchange, and exploration to see what’s new, what’s cutting edge, and what will shape the future of healthcare.
Drop us a note if you’d like to set a time to meet us at the Digital Health Conference in New York City December 6-7, 2016.
by Brett Kinsler | Aug 12, 2016 | Consulting, HIT Strategy, Practice Transformation, Value Based Payment
One way we help our provider clients to transform their practices is by helping them prepare for value-based payment models. We are proud to have been selected to guide practices by the New York State Practice Transformation Network (NYSPTN). This is a statewide learning network designed to coach, mentor, and assist clinicians in developing core competencies necessary to transform their practices and thrive in an emerging healthcare environment that emphasizes value of care.
The NYSPTN embraces and supports the “quadruple aim” of better care, better health, lower costs, and greater provider satisfaction.
The program is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help practices develop quality improvement strategies, and navigate the complex healthcare environment and multiple transformation-related initiatives currently underway.
See the article from HealthLinkNY about the program:
http://www.healthlinkny.com/not-ready-for-value-based-payments-help-is-on-the-way-nw.html
by Brett Kinsler | Apr 13, 2016 | Consulting, Electronic Health Records, HIT Strategy, Interoperability
A fair number of our clients have been asking about FHIR lately so it’s time to fan the flames a bit and shed some light on this developing interoperability standard. FHIR (which is pronounced “fire”) is a methodology that was developed based on the standards from the HL7 organization, a non-profit. It stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. Essentially, FHIR is a universal translation tool that will permit the exchange of clinically-relevant data to be shared securely and more easily. Currently, when data is shared among disparate systems, there are limitations to what can be ingested into the system and often the information is trapped inside documents like PDFs that do not become fully integrated into the patient’s incoming chart.
One of the most interesting developments around FHIR is that many EHR vendors have agreed to support the concept and put efforts into implementation. Several of these vendors include industry leaders such as athenahealth, Cerner and even Epic, a system not particularly well-known to share freely with other EHRs.
It is important to note that FHIR is not yet a mandatory standard and vendors are free to adopt or ignore it at this time. Whether or not it succeeds in the goal of unifying clinical information exchange depends on a number of factors:
Fueling the FHIR:
1. Idealism. True interoperability is the right thing to do — providing a complete clinical picture of the patient improves quality of care and reduces needless time-consuming tasks for the patient, health systems and medical offices.
2. Apps. The market for applications that can be used across any and all EHRs will expand so industry pressures from outside the EHR vendors will help push adoption.
3. Regulatory. Government, regulatory agencies and payors may require FHIR adoption and tie its use to incentive-based payments. Following the money, this will advance the use of the standard.
Mixed Results:
1. Divergence. The ability for users to move more easily from one EHR to another will make some vendors fearful of losing customers while others will jump at the change to migrate new users to their products.
Extinguishing FHIR
1. Time. Changing to new standards across so many vendors is not a quick or easy process. It will probably be several years before there could even be moderately widespread usage. In the meantime, something new or better may emerge which will overshadow the FHIR initiatives.
2. Evolution. FHIR is far from complete and improvements will have to be made. However, if you consider how often apps send updates and companies like Google and Apple improve their APIs, this is to be expected.
3. Fear. Health systems and providers may not be willing to share data as freely as interoperability standards might require. Often, this is out of fear of leakage, or the loss of patients to another system or provider.
Interoperability is not just a technical problem of connecting pipes and watching the information flow. There are change management, financial, and strategic issues at play that must be properly handled. And though the government may step in and force the hand of vendors and providers, eliminating many of the choices, being prepared for multiple eventualities and planning in advance will help payers, providers and vendors position themselves for the future.
Strategic Interests has expertise in past, current and future interoperability standards including strategic planning, implementation and deployment. If you have questions or concerns about FHIR or other interoperability situations, let us help you plan your roadmap for success.
by Strategic Interests News | Sep 21, 2015 | Consulting
If your organization is on the fence between hiring an outside expert consulting firm such as Strategic Interests or managing and implementing a project using your internal resources, here are 10 things to consider:
1. Blended, Experienced Teams — our teams have multiple fields of expertise, deployed when needed for a particular project or aspect of a project. Our consultants bring with them experience working with all different types of organizations, projects and people which helps you to see around corners, predict the pitfalls and avoid mistakes.
2. Proven Tools — using our proven methodologies, you can leverage work that has already been successfully completed for others without reinventing the systems, processes and tools for the job.
3. Speed — there’s no need to pull your best people from the work they are already doing to keep your company moving forward. New employees can take months to get fully trained and comfortable with their positions. We can supplement your business as usual and keep you on track while ensuring fast deployment of your new goals — and we’re ready now!
4. Independent Objectivity — Strategic Interests has the ability to view your organization from 10,000 feet. We can see what internal teams with boots on the ground might miss on a daily basis and offer intelligent advice to improve and streamline your objectives without the internal politics that might interfere with progress.
5. New eyes — Albert Einstein said it is impossible to solve problems with the same thinking that created them. We look at your company, problems and projects with a fresh perspective and provide clarity and new thinking that leads to creative decision making.
6. Staff Cost Savings — the real cost of an employee is 1.5x – 3x their actual salary. You can hire Strategic Interests only for the hours you need without the additional HR costs like recruitment, salaries, benefits, vacations, sick time, and long-term contracts. Using our firm, you can avoid unnecessary expenses and the prospect of layoffs at the end of a project.
7. Best practices — working with multiple clients, we bring the knowledge of the best in your industry and help you assimilate these processes. We have industry relationships that we can use to make introductions, forge collaborations and negotiate cooperative alliances. We can help you uncover new opportunities, evaluate new lines of business and guide your entry into new verticals.
8. Training Augmentation — what good is new technology or processes if your staff cannot operate them? We have the experience in effective training and implementation strategies to ensure you make the most of new systems, processes and technology.
9. Gain Alignment — nothing is more efficient as when everyone is on the same page working for the same goal. We help leadership and staff understand what needs to be done and why so the entire organization can function like a well-oiled machine.
10. Change Management — we understand that change is difficult but our team has experience in effectively catalyzing change in a positive, effective and exciting way.
Strategic Interests can be a valuable member of your team to help drive and facilitate new endeavors, manage costs and uncover new opportunities. Contact us today and let’s discuss how we can work together to achieve the best results.
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