Medtronic Awarded U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Contracts for Home Telehealth Technologies, with Three Other V...
February 06 2017 - 9:00AM
Contract Award
Continues Medtronic Care Management Services Veteran Support
Initiated in 2011
DUBLIN - Feb. 6, 2016 -
Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced Medtronic Care Management
Services (MCMS) is one of four vendors awarded a national contract
from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Home
Telehealth Technologies. MCMS has supplied the VA with telehealth
solutions since 2011, and the new contract enables MCMS to continue
supplying the VA with innovative remote patient monitoring
technology for one year, followed by four optional one-year periods
exercised at the discretion of the VA.
"After a rigorous review of potential suppliers,
we are honored the Department of Veterans Affairs selected
Medtronic Care Management Services as one of four vendors to
provide home telehealth technology to its veteran patients," said
Sheri Dodd, vice president and general manager, MCMS. "While we are
pleased to continue our working relationship with the VA, we are
even more excited by the opportunity to continue providing veterans
with healthcare solutions enabling greater flexibility in the
monitoring and management of their health."
MCMS will provide veterans with a comprehensive
suite of technology platforms, multiple connected diagnostic
devices, proprietary clinical workflow software, and related
telehealth solutions to help clinicians monitor patients with
complex conditions, such as heart failure, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, depression, hypertension,
weight loss management, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)..
Veterans using MCMS' services will engage in daily health checks,
which not only educate the veteran regarding their condition and
self-care, but collect symptoms and biometrics through a series of
branching logic-based questions. Information received is aggregated
and assembled for review online by VA care coordinators, enabling
clinicians to monitor a veteran's condition and consider potential
early intervention.
Medtronic is committed to developing services and
solutions that address healthcare needs by improving clinical and
economic outcomes. As a trusted provider to hospitals, post-acute
providers, and payers, MCMS is committed to improving patient
health, and delivering economic benefits, to the healthcare system
every day. This approach supports Medtronic's transition toward
expanding the company's traditional medical device product
offerings to broader healthcare services and solutions, providing
clinical and economic value for hospitals, physicians, patients,
and payers.
More information about the VA Home Telehealth
Technologies contract can be found at https://www.fbo.gov.
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 88,000 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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