AMSTERDAM and DALLAS, Dec. 20,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX:
PHIA) and CHRISTUS Health, an international, Catholic, not-for
profit health system, today announced they have extended the
scope and duration of their alliance to now include domestic
population health management (PHM) initiatives. The ability to
aggregate and analyze data across all CHRISTUS Health U.S. health
systems for care management and quality reporting is a key driver
in this expanded relationship.
"Philips Wellcentive has been a trusted partner for several
years, and our expanded commitment to their solution and this
relationship will enable us to thrive under the movement toward
value-based care," said Randy
Osteen, VP & Associate CIO, CHRISTUS Health. "With the
MACRA* final rule issued in October, it's clear to us that we need
to accelerate our population health initiatives and take advantage
of population-based incentive models as well as alternative payment
models. We've seen the writing on the wall and we know that Philips
Wellcentive will help us achieve our ambitious goals to continue to
provide the highest quality of care for our patients."
Additionally, CHRISTUS Health is among a growing number of
systems offering health plans to its total staff of 40,000
associates, and manages plan offerings on state exchanges. This
"payvider" (payer/provider) status will also expand the
collaboration with Philips Wellcentive to explore aspects like
value-based insurance design to help attain a sustainable
healthcare system model nationwide.
"This expanded agreement will give CHRISTUS Health the
flexibility to engage Philips' population health management
technology at the most comprehensive level," said Tom Zajac,
Business Leader, Population Health Management, Philips. "As we move
from organizing and optimizing clinical data to deliver actionable
insights for population health management and quality reporting,
we'll continue to provide our expertise and advanced solutions to
help CHRISTUS Health providers drive better outcomes among their
patient populations nationwide."
The CHRISTUS Health system includes over 50 hospitals and 175
clinics in more than 60 U.S. cities. Its more than 15,000
physicians participate in accountable care organizations (ACO),
clinically integrated networks (CINs) and long-term care settings,
among others.
Population health management is a transformational approach to
proactively provide healthcare and wellness engagement, by
leveraging large sets of data to identify different groups within a
population in order to increase patient engagement. The result is a
combination of improved health outcomes in alignment with existing
reimbursement models.
Philips acquired Wellcentive, a leading US-based provider of
population health management software solutions, in July 2016. The combined population health
management solutions create a great foundation to accelerate growth
in connected care – from healthy living and prevention, to
diagnosis, treatment and home care – enabling positive outcomes for
consumers, providers and health organizations.
In population health management, Philips offers enterprise
telehealth, home monitoring, personal emergency response systems
(PERS) and personal health services to address multiple groups
within a population, from intensive ambulatory care for high-risk
patients to prevention and personal health programs for the general
population. Philips Wellcentive provides cloud-based IT solutions
to import, aggregate and analyze clinical, claims and financial
data across hospital and health systems to help care providers
deliver coordinated care that meets new healthcare quality
requirements and reimbursement models.
In 2013, CHRISTUS Health selected Philips Wellcentive to advance
data capabilities beyond its Electronic Health Record (HER) network
to link ambulatory practices, acute care facilities and community
support to prioritize care, identify at-risk patients, close gaps
in care management and anticipate value-based care. In 2014,
CHRISTUS expanded the Philips Wellcentive platform to four
additional regions.
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips Group Communications
Tel.: +1 978-221-8919
E-mail: Kathy.Oreilly@philips.com
Twitter: @kathyoreilly
Kimberley Davidson
Philips Population Health Management
Tel: 31 627 863 118
E-mail: kimberley.davidson@philips.com
Twitter: @wanderingkim
About Royal
Philips
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company
focused on improving people's health and enabling better outcomes
across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to
diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced
technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver
integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and
health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.
Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2015 sales of
EUR 16.8 billion and employs
approximately 70,000 employees with sales and services in more than
100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
About CHRISTUS Health
CHRISTUS Health, an
international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system,
is headquartered in Dallas and is
comprised of almost 350 services and facilities, including more
than 50 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and
outpatient centers and dozens of other health ministries and
ventures. CHRISTUS services can be found in over 60 cities in
Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Georgia,
Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. The system employs approximately 40,000
Associates and has over 15,000 physicians on facility medical
staffs who provide care and support for patients. CHRISTUS Health
is listed among the 10 largest Catholic health systems in the U.S.
www.christushealth.org
*Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
defines new rules for reimbursement, primarily for physicians for
caring for Medicare beneficiaries.
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