Medtronic Launches New Telehealth Solutions in Support of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Contract
November 27 2017 - 9:00AM
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Medtronic Care
Management Services Delivers on Its Commitment to Serve Veteran
Patients with Expanded Suite of Telehealth Solutions
DUBLIN - November 27, 2017 -
Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced its Medtronic Care
Management Services (MCMS) business commenced launch of new
telehealth solutions in support of its national contract awarded by
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Home Telehealth
Devices and Services. The expanded suite of telehealth solutions
includes the largest portfolio of patient engagement platforms
available on the Home Telehealth contract, and an extensive library
of disease management protocols designed to meet increasingly
complex patient care needs. MCMS has partnered with the VA since
2011, serving more than 310,000 unique veterans since that
time.
The portfolio of solutions being launched into the
VA by MCMS was designed to serve complex, chronic, co-morbid
patients, and includes new technology platforms and multiple,
integrated diagnostic devices to help meet differing clinical needs
and comfort levels with technology. Patients interact with the
service in their homes via a daily health check, which offers
condition education and clinical question sets that adapt based on
patient responses.
Information patients submit is securely aggregated
and organized through MCMS' web-based clinician software, and
clinicians are provided an action-oriented view of their patient
population - helping VA care coordinators make informed, early care
interventions where appropriate. Veteran patients who previously
used VA telehealth programs for at least one year demonstrated a 19
percent reduction in hospital admissions, and an average of four
percent reduction in care costs.1
"We are honored to continue our partnership with
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide telehealth
technology and solutions to veteran patients," said Sheri Dodd,
vice president and general manager, Medtronic Care Management
Services. "Our expanded offering is designed to provide more
patient choice and flexibility to better meet individual health
needs. We continue to deliver on our commitment to the VA, and are
excited to start doing so under the terms of this new Home
Telehealth contract."
Medtronic is committed to developing services and
solutions that address healthcare needs by improving clinical and
economic outcomes. With more than 5 million patient months of
service, Medtronic Care Management Services is a trusted provider
to hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, and payers. MCMS is
committed to improving patient outcomes, and delivering economic
benefits, to the healthcare system. This approach supports
Medtronic's transition toward expanding the company's traditional
medical device product offerings to broader healthcare services and
solutions, providing meaningful clinical and economic value for
hospitals, physicians, patients, and payers.
About Medtronic
Medtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services
and solutions companies - alleviating pain, restoring health and
extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic
employs more than 84,000 people worldwide, serving physicians,
hospitals and patients in approximately 160 countries. The company
is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to
take healthcare Further, Together.
Any forward-looking statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in
Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from
anticipated results.
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1 Darkins
A, Kendall S, Edmonson E, Young M, Stressel P. Reduced cost and
mortality using home telehealth to promote self-management of
complex chronic conditions: a retrospective matched cohort study of
4,999 veteran patients. Telemed J E Health 2015 Jan;
21(1):70-6.
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