Philips announces collaboration with American Telemedicine Association to further commitment to telehealth
June 18 2020 - 09:00AM
Philips announces collaboration with American Telemedicine
Association to further commitment to telehealth
June 18, 2020
- Two leading organizations join forces to drive future
telehealth strategies across hospital settings into the home
propelled by COVID-19
- Jeroen Tas, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Philips
to deliver executive spotlight address at Annual ATA Virtual
Conference
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Washington, DC – Royal
Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health
technology, today announced it has once again joined forces with
the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) to help further the
adoption of telehealth across the industry, demonstrating its
commitment to connecting care across acute, post-acute and home
care settings. The continued collaboration spotlights the growing
adoption and momentum in telehealth amidst COVID-19, and the need
to convey the exponential shift to telehealth capabilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the share of Americans
participating in telehealth from 11% in 2019 to 46% today, with
healthcare systems reporting a 50 to 175-fold increase in
telehealth volume compared to pre-pandemic levels [1]. As the world
begins to move from the first wave of reactive care, into a more
proactive phase and beyond, virtual care solutions are supporting
the recovery of COVID patients as they transition through their
care journey, and non-COVID patients as they return to elective
surgeries, diagnoses, prevention and treatments that have been put
on hold since the onset of the pandemic.
“There is no better time for Philips to team with the ATA.
Philips is creating proactive, AI-powered solutions to improve
patient monitoring, precision diagnosis and clinical workflows at
every point along the continuum. This directly aligns with our
vision for telehealth -- to drive the transformation of health by
integrating virtual care from the hospital to physician offices and
the home,” said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO, the ATA. “Major industry
players like Philips joining the ATA reconfirms the importance of
telehealth and creates important new opportunities to deliver
quality care whenever and wherever it’s needed.”
“Philips has been a leader in telehealth across acute care and
post-acute care settings in the hospital and in the home for over
three decades, helping health systems deploy and scale telehealth
solutions to help improve patient outcomes, enhance patient and
staff experience and lower care costs,” said Roy Jakobs, Chief
Business Leader Connected Care, member of the Executive Committee
at Royal Philips. “Our alignment with ATA will help promote strong
growth and faster adoption of telehealth and policy changes
escalated during the COVID crisis as we pivot to innovate ‘virtual
first’ strategies to support hospitals, payers, and patients across
care settings, including digital health technologies to support
healthy living in the home.”
Expanding virtual connected care through partnership and
innovationCOVID-19 has propelled digital technology to the
forefront as healthcare systems rapidly expand telehealth,
including virtual care, remote patient monitoring, data analytics
and medical record-sharing capabilities to care for patients with
COVID-19. In response to the pandemic, Philips has been working
with customers around the world to rapidly develop and deploy
scalable telehealth solutions to support frontline care
professionals and their patients. Philips recently received 510(k)
clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its wireless
wearable biosensor (Philips Biosensor BX100) to help manage
confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients in the hospital.
The wearable biosensor enhances clinical surveillance as part of
the Philips patient deterioration detection solution to help
clinicians detect risk so they can intervene earlier and help
improve care for patients in lower acuity care areas.
The Philips Virtual Connected Care Ecosystem comprises people,
processes, and technology. At the core of the platform are three
Philips FDA-cleared, vendor agnostic solutions currently utilized
to provide remote critical care to patients in the hospital and at
home including:
- FDA-cleared Tele-ICU software (eCare Manager) with AI-enabled
decision support algorithms to enable critical care clinicians to
work virtually coordinating with on-site clinical staff to provide
care to COVID-19 patients from the hospital into the home;
- Cloud-based software platform (IntelliSpace Corsium) provides
real-time patient monitoring tracking during patient
transport;
- Patient centered apps (eCare Coordinator for providers/eCare
Companion for patients) deployed in a home environment using mobile
IOT (Internet of Things) monitoring devices to allow healthcare
providers to monitor physiologic survey data and communicate
directly with the patients they are providing care to as
needed.
Telehealth expanding access to care for millions of U.S.
veteransPhilips has partnered with The U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) on Advancing Telehealth through Local Access Stations
known as the ATLAS Program, bringing care to Veterans where and
when they need it most. Launching in Eureka, Montana,
followed by Springfield, Virginia, Atlas kicked off in 2019 with 10
pilot sites to be installed before the end of 2020. Philips has
also taken the current configuration being used for the ATLAS
Program to now create the commercial Philips Virtual Care Station
that will further expand access to care through non-traditional
locations such as retail health, community and university
environments.
ATA 2020 Annual Virtual Conference and ExpoThe 2020 ATA
Annual conference will take place virtually, beginning June 22 –
26, 2020. Participants will have access to keynote discussions and
panel sessions ranging in topics from interoperability and
cybersecurity, to remote patient monitoring and disparity within
telehealth offerings. On June 24, at 11:00AM – 11:20AM ET,
Jeroen Tas, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Royal
Philips will discuss how Philips responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
and worked with customers around the world in developing telehealth
solutions to support front-line care professionals. He will
also share his vision on how healthcare leaders should embrace new
ways of thinking to make possible digital, more modular and
scalable, telehealth solutions.
[1] McKinsey
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/telehealth-a-quarter-trillion-dollar-post-covid-19-reality
For further information, please contact:
Kathy O’ReillyPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +1
978-221-8919E-mail : kathy.oreilly@philips.comTwitter:
@kathyoreilly
Gina CellaAmerican Telemedicine AssociationTel: +1
781-799-3137E-mail: gcella@cellapr.com
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 generated 2019
sales of EUR 19.5 billion and employs approximately 81,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
About the ATAAs the only organization completely focused
on advancing telehealth, the ATA is committed to ensuring
that everyone has access to safe, affordable, and appropriate care
when and where they need it, enabling the system to do more good
for more people. ATA represents a broad and inclusive member
network of technology solution providers and payers, as well as
partner organizations and alliances, working to advance industry
adoption of telehealth, promote responsible policy, advocate for
government and market normalization, and provide education and
resources to help integrate virtual care into emerging value-based
delivery models. @americantelemed #gotelehealth #ATApolicy
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