Impact Cryotherapy Focuses on Safety Aspects of Cryotherapy

The recent event of a death in a cryotherapy facility is tragic and unfortunate. But the event serves an important reminder to the manufacturers, distributors and operators of cryotherapy equipment that safety is paramount, according to Impact Cryotherapy. Atlanta-based Impact Cryotherapy is the U.S. leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems, offering the most technologically advanced unit available worldwide. The incident did not occur in an Impact Cryotherapy unit.

“Several thousand cryotherapy sessions are safely conducted every week using Impact Cryotherapy equipment by operators trained by Impact staff. Whole body cryotherapy, when conducted properly, is a safe and enjoyable experience,” said Richard E. Otto, Impact Cryotherapy Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder.

Impact Cryotherapy is setting new standards for the industry emerging around whole body cryotherapy. Impact is a U.S. corporation with its own staff of installation and training personnel who follow standardized procedures for the safe operation of its cryotherapy systems.

“Impact Cryotherapy equipment is manufactured in the U.S., which means the company has end-to-end control of the engineering, design, manufacturing process, quality assurance, installation, training and servicing,” said Otto. “Prior to the formation of Impact Cryotherapy, almost all cryotherapy product offerings available in the U.S. were imported from manufacturers in Poland or the Ukraine. They have no U.S. corporate operations, and the offerings are sold through distributors and resellers.”

Impact Cryotherapy has invested in comprehensive product documentation and training programs. Company employees spend a minimum of one-and-a-half days onsite during installation conducting interactive training sessions, and also provide ongoing training for customers’ new employees. Impact Cryotherapy products are serviced by a team of Impact professionals. All service professionals are factory trained with Impact equipment, and all service requests are completed with original manufacturer parts. The company’s service teams are available 24/7/365.

“The cryotherapy industry desperately needed modernization, and we continue to set the bar higher with each innovation we introduce. We will sell more than 120 units during 2015, with a number of those units purchased as replacements for other companies’ equipment,” said Otto. “Our customers appreciate our commitment to quality, safety and innovative design, as well as the dedication to service provided by a U.S.-based company to support their needs.”

Impact Cryotherapy’s safety program includes:

  • Redundant safety features, including a door that is easy to open from the inside by the user
  • Three-minute maximum run time with automatic turn-off
  • UL certified electrical system
  • Manufactured in the U.S. in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities
  • Trained teams of Impact employees who conduct training and perform installation
  • Dedicated service teams available 24/7/365
  • Comprehensive product documentation and training programs
  • Standardized training procedures and protocols

Whole body cryotherapy was introduced in Japan during the 1970s to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and its use quickly spread and expanded throughout Europe in the following years. The user stands on an adjustable platform inside the chamber so his/her head remains outside the chamber. The chamber is filled with nitrogen vapor, which drops the temperature to a range of (minus) -​120°C to -140°C and temporarily lowers the temperature of the skin’s top layer. The treatment lasts a maximum of three minutes before the Impact Cryotherapy unit automatically turns off.

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the U.S. leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems, offering the most technologically advanced cryotherapy unit available in the market today. Used to enhance athletic performance and for other fitness and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the U.S. in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities and have achieved UL listing. Impact Cryotherapy’s American-designed and American-manufactured system is being used worldwide and has quickly become the system of choice for professional and college athletic teams, including numerous recent installations in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

Newly Launched Marquee Dental Partners Acquires Seven Office Nashville Dental Practice

Shortly after launching with a $35 million capital commitment from Chicago Pacific Founders, the Marquee Dental Partners team has completed its first major acquisition. Marquee announced today that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with Embassy Dental, a multi-office, multi-specialty dental practice based in Nashville. By providing dentists with both the support and the clinical autonomy they need to succeed, Marquee enables them to focus their attention on providing the best oral healthcare services possible.

“We are honored that our first major affiliation agreement is with a practice group as vibrant and highly respected as Embassy,” said Marquee Dental CEO James Usdan. “By acquiring the business end of Embassy through this affiliation, Marquee has taken its first major step toward growing our footprint in the Mid-South.”

From the patient perspective, the transition will be seamless. Marquee Dental, which places heavy emphasis on dentists’ clinical autonomy, will leave in-place Embassy’s seven offices in the greater Nashville area, along with their staffs.

“Affiliating with Marquee Dental will allow our dentists to continue to focus on providing the highest quality care and growing their practices without being distracted by administrative paperwork,“ said Embassy Founder Dr. Warren Melamed. “The support Marquee will provide our dentists will be invaluable as we move forward.”

Marquee Dental CEO James Usdan is a seasoned leader who has served as CEO of three public companies and five private equity-backed firms, including having led or been a board member of four dental service companies. Joining Usdan are COO Christy Englehart, Chief Dental Officer Dr. Steve Hecklin, CFO Luke Lamphron and Vice President of Business Development Les Matthews. Embassy Founder Dr. Warren Melamed will remain actively involved with Marquee with a focus on acquisitions.

Marquee Dental plans to rapidly grow its practice roster in the coming months. The company will affiliate with dental offices and practice groups in growth markets with a history of providing high quality care, initially focusing in the Mid-South on markets including Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama.

About Marquee Dental Partners
Marquee Dental is a premier dental support organization dedicated to making dentists and their patients the priority. By providing dentists with both the support and the clinical autonomy they need to succeed, Marquee enables them to focus their attention on providing the best oral healthcare services possible. Led by a team of highly accomplished industry veterans, the company was founded in 2015 with an investment of $35 million from Chicago Pacific Founders. For more information, visit www.marqueedentalpartners.com.

 About Chicago Pacific Founders
Chicago Pacific Founders (“CPF”) is a strategic healthcare investment fund focused exclusively on healthcare services, led by former healthcare CEOs and senior executives with a passion and track record of building healthcare businesses. CPF is actively looking to partner with organizations focused on delivering the highest quality of service to patients, providers and payers. The fund will invest up to $75 million of equity capital per opportunity in growth, minority recap and buyout transactions for cash flow positive businesses. CPF currently has investments in the senior living, behavioral health and dental industries.

Wake Forest Selects Impact Cryotherapy for Leading Edge Technology

Impact Cryotherapy announced today that the Wake Forest men’s basketball program has added its state-of-the-art whole body cryotherapy chamber to aid players’ performance and recovery. Atlanta-based Impact Cryotherapy is a national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems.

“The state-of-the-art Impact Cryotherapy unit is a great addition to our program,” said Ryan Horn, Wake Forest Director of Sports Performance for Men’s Basketball. “As a staff, we are constantly striving to find the most efficient and effective ways to improve our student-athletes’ recovery and performance.”

Cryotherapy is used around the world to maintain fitness and increase energy. Whole body cryotherapy helps athletes prepare for competition, recover faster from workouts and train harder. “In the highly competitive ACC, we are always looking for an edge,” said Wake Forest head coach Danny Manning. “With the cryotherapy chamber, we are able to make sure our athletes are constantly performing at their maximum potential.”

The athlete stands on an adjustable platform inside the chamber, so his head remains outside the chamber at all times. The chamber is filled with nitrogen vapor, which drops the temperature to a range of (minus) -​120°C to -140°C and temporarily lowers the temperature of the skin’s top layer. The treatment lasts a maximum of three minutes. Once out of the chamber, the body immediately reheats.

“We commend Wake Forest for being at the forefront of a global movement that incorporates whole body cryotherapy into the training and recovery regimen for athletes,” said Richard E. Otto, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Impact Cryotherapy. “Whether it’s a weekend warrior or a top-level professional athlete, cryotherapy can play an important role in maintaining and improving fitness levels.”

Extreme cold has been used to treat inflammation for centuries. Cryotherapy was used to treat rheumatoid arthritis in Japan beginning in the 1970s and that procedure spread to Europe, which developed the whole body cryotherapy systems in use today. Impact Cryotherapy is an American-designed and American-manufactured system.

“The ACC is one of the best basketball conferences in the country, and every game is a dog fight,” said Horn. “When you combine that with the travel, practice and academic demands being placed on today’s student-athletes, the need for recovery is paramount. With this technology we are able to perform the same amount of treatments in a third of the time when compared to traditional ice baths. As a program, we are always looking for a competitive edge. We want to be the most progressive and technologically advanced collegiate basketball program in the country. Cryotherapy is another step towards achieving that goal.”

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems. Used for pain management, athletic performance enhancement and other health and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the United States in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities and have achieved UL listing. Impact Cryotherapy is redefining the age-old technique of cryotherapy with advanced technology and aesthetics to deliver unmatched efficiency, comfort and reliability. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

Quire Unveils Industry’s Most Dynamic Technology for Predictive Analytics in Value-Based Care

Quire today announced the launch of its next-generation technology that provides healthcare organizations with a unique approach supporting value-based care. The technology uses artificial intelligence algorithms to quickly and flexibly develop predictive models from unstructured text in clinical notes and electronic medical records (EMRs). Quire’s approach enables providers to significantly increase the odds that their limited intervention resources are directed to the patients where care management teams can have maximum impact on the health and cost of a population.

Quire’s proven technology provides clinical and financial benefits to any health system, provider group or provider-sponsored health plan – especially those entering or renewing value-based contracts. With up to 80% of recorded patient data being unstructured, Quire enables providers to more accurately target patients to receive attention. Quire technology runs seamlessly alongside any EMR with no impact on provider workflow.

“Structured data analytics can be complex and time-consuming,” says Quire CEO Brad Silver. “In contrast, Quire swiftly searches through millions of physician notes and automatically makes inferences based on that information. Quire capitalizes on physicians practicing medicine like they traditionally have – documenting encounters in their notes where they can capture the nuances of each individual patient. The technology does the rest, helping healthcare organizations create high impact patient lists to better manage intervention resources, especially in a value-based environment.”

“Quire’s technology makes it much faster and easier to pinpoint the patients most likely to have hospital admissions and readmissions,” says Scott Fowler, MD, President and CEO of Holston Medical Group. “It’s a big advance over structured data analytics because it lets you identify what’s under the metrics. With Quire, we can get a handle on root causes, which can include behavioral and social issues in addition to medical complexities of chronic illnesses.”

“Quire also enables us to highlight rising-risk patients who may otherwise be overlooked. By not just focusing on the high-cost patients, we increase the odds of improving the long term health and cost of the population we’re managing,” adds Fowler. 

About Quire
Quire has developed a cutting-edge data analytics technology to support healthcare providers focused on value-based care. The technology not only identifies which groups of patients to target for intervention, but why. Artificial intelligence algorithms drive predictive models by combing through the deepest knowledge existing on patients, the unstructured text from providers’ clinical notes and electronic medical records (EMRs). The software enables healthcare providers to make more informed decisions about how and where to direct their limited intervention resources. Quire significantly increases the odds that resources are driven to optimal patients when the goal is managing the overall health and cost of the population. The privately held company, with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, is backed by veteran healthcare investors, including TriStar Technology Ventures, Innova and Pittco. To learn more, visit www.quiredata.com.

Marquee Dental Partners Launches with $35 Million in Funding to Support Dental Practices

For many dental practices in today’s market, the pressures of performing administrative and billing functions prevent them from focusing their attention where it’s most needed: their patients. Launched with a $35 million capital commitment from Chicago Pacific Founders, Marquee Dental Partners provides dentists with both the support and the clinical autonomy they need to succeed.

“By handling the administrative end of the practice, Marquee enables the dentists we support to focus on what truly matters: providing high quality oral healthcare services,” said Marquee Dental CEO James Usdan. “Marquee acquires the business aspects of the dental practices and enables the dentists to focus on personal interaction with patients rather than spending their hours on filing and accounting.”

Usdan is a seasoned leader who has served as CEO of three public companies and five private equity-backed firms. He brings more than 30 years of experience in healthcare provider and multi-site management operations, including having led or served as a board member of four dental service companies. Joining Usdan are COO Christy Englehart, who has 25 years of dental operations experience, as well as Chief Dental Officer Dr. Steve Hecklin, CFO Luke Lamphron and Vice President of Business Development Les Matthews.

Along with easing administrative burdens, Marquee Dental can also assist dental practices in implementing new practice features such as specialists in orthodontics, endodontics, periodontics and oral surgery—providing patients with a one-stop-shop for all of their dental care needs.

“In addition to the attractive market dynamics of the dental industry, Chicago Pacific Founders saw an opportunity to partner with a highly skilled and proven team of executives,” said Mary Tolan, Founder and Partner of Chicago Pacific. “Under their leadership, Marquee is well-positioned to achieve operational excellence very rapidly by following a proven model for success.”

“Our goal,” said Vance Vanier, MD, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Chicago Founders, “is to differentiate ourselves clinically by treating our dentists as the key customer of Marquee.”

With a relatively stable reimbursement profile, the dental market in the United States was valued at more than $111 billion in 2012. That figure is expected to grow to $163 billion by 2020, driven in large measure by an aging population. These factors, coupled with a highly fragmented landscape and a relatively low risk profile, have led to a robust pipeline of acquisition opportunities for Marquee Dental Partners.

About Marquee Dental Partners
Marquee Dental is a premier dental support organization dedicated to making dentists and their patients the priority. By providing dentists with both the support and the clinical autonomy they need to succeed, Marquee enables them to focus their attention on providing the best oral healthcare services possible. Led by a team of highly accomplished industry veterans, the company was founded in 2015 with an investment of $35 million from Chicago Pacific Founders. For more information, visit www.marqueedentalpartners.com. 

About Chicago Pacific Founders
Chicago Pacific Founders (“CPF”) is a strategic healthcare investment fund focused exclusively on healthcare services, led by former healthcare CEOs and senior executives with a passion and track record of building healthcare businesses. CPF is actively looking to partner with organizations focused on delivering the highest quality of service to patients, providers and payers. The fund will invest up to $75 million of equity capital per opportunity in growth, minority recap and buyout transactions for cash flow positive businesses. CPF currently has investments in the senior living, behavioral health and dental industries.

Impact Cryotherapy Adds Jennifer Wayland-Smith to Team to Increase Focus on Spas and Resorts

Impact Cryotherapy announced today that Jennifer Wayland-Smith has joined the company to support spas and resorts interested in adding leading-edge cryotherapy to their services. Wayland-Smith is an industry leader with extensive experience as a spa director with world-renowned spas and resorts.

“I am delighted to join Impact Cryotherapy and to help bring the health and performance benefits of cryotherapy to a wider audience,” says Wayland-Smith. “Impact is truly revolutionizing the design and performance of whole body cryotherapy with its system, which is made in the U.S.A. They have virtually eliminated the worries of a spa director around cryotherapy’s reliability, durability, ease of use and safety.”

Wayland-Smith was most recently Spa Director at the Mandarin Oriental, the largest luxury spa in Atlanta. During her tenure, the spa was named “Best Spa Day” by Atlanta Magazine and “Best Massage” by The Atlantan Magazine. Prior to that, she served as the initial Spa Director at Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico. Spa Botanico was the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve in the Americas and encompassed five acres. Wayland-Smith has also served as Spa Director at the Golden Door Spa at The Boulders, A Waldorf Astoria Resort; The Spa at The Hotel Hershey; The Spa at Chateau Elan Winery & Resort; and Spa at Saddlebrook Resort.

Her professional activities include extensive work with the International Spa Association (ISPA), including serving on the Board of Directors, Foundation Board, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and Nominations Committee and Speaker Selection Task Force. She is a mentor of the Global Mentorship Pilot Program at the Global Wellness Institute.

“Jennifer Wayland-Smith has led some of the most prestigious spas and resorts in the world, and we are delighted to have her join our team,” says Richard E. Otto, Impact’s Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. “She understands the concerns and needs of this unique market and will be able to provide expert insights to the organizations that we serve.”

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems. Used for pain management, athletic performance enhancement and other health and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the United States in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities and have achieved UL listing. Impact Cryotherapy is redefining the age-old technique of cryotherapy with advanced technology and aesthetics to deliver unmatched efficiency, comfort and reliability. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

University of Georgia Athletic Association Gives Student Athletes an Advantage with Impact Cryotherapy

The University of Georgia Athletic Association will give its student-athletes a competitive advantage by offering access to a new state-of-the-art whole body cryotherapy chamber from Atlanta-based Impact Cryotherapy, a national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems.

Cryotherapy is used worldwide by athletes and others to maintain fitness and increase energy. Whole body cryotherapy helps to prepare for competition, recover faster from workouts and train harder.

Ron Courson, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, said “Our student-athletes in all sports train extremely hard, and recovery is a critical part of our overall program. Whole body cooling is new technology which provides an outstanding recovery option. We are excited about the capabilities with this new technology for our student-athletes, not only just with recovery but with treatment and rehabilitation as well.”

The athlete stands inside the chamber during treatment on an adjustable platform, which ensures their head remains outside the chamber. The Impact Cryotherapy chamber is filled with nitrogen vapor, which drops the temperature to a range of (minus) -​120°C to -140°C and temporarily lowers the temperature of the skin’s top layer. This treatment lasts a maximum of three minutes. Once out of the chamber, the body immediately reheats.

“For decades, ice baths have been the recovery therapy of choice for collegiate and professional athletes,” said Richard E. Otto, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Impact Cryotherapy. “Rather than endure 20 minutes in a tub of ice water, they can spend three minutes in our whole body cryotherapy chamber to achieve better, faster results. Athletes love it!”

Extreme cold has been used to treat inflammation for centuries; that’s the idea behind immersing the body in an ice bath. In the 1970s in Japan, cryotherapy treatments were used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and that spread to Europe, which developed the whole body cryotherapy systems in use today. Impact Cryotherapy’s American-designed and American-manufactured system has quickly become the system of choice for professional athletic teams, including numerous recent installations in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. 

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems. Used for pain management, athletic performance enhancement and other health and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the United States in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities and have achieved UL listing. Impact Cryotherapy is redefining the age-old technique of cryotherapy with advanced technology and aesthetics to deliver unmatched efficiency, comfort and reliability. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

Impact Cryotherapy’s Innovative Solutions Leverage Cryotherapy’s Growing Popularity to Drive Success

Impact Cryotherapy has become one of the fastest growing whole body cryotherapy companies in the world through a combination of product innovation and excellence combined with the growing popularity of whole body cryotherapy. Impact Cryotherapy systems are used by a wide range of professional and university sports teams, resorts and spas, as well as entrepreneurs, many of whom are purchasing multiple units.

“Cryotherapy equipment has not changed substantially in design or technology over the past few decades,” says Richard Otto, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Most units were being manufactured in Europe and shipped to the U.S., and any service might involve long delays and downtime. We established Impact as a company that engineers, manufactures and services units in the U.S.A.”

Impact Cryotherapy has pioneered technological and manufacturing advances that improve user comfort, equipment durability and service efficiency, including:

  • High-quality anodized aluminum components to enhance equipment longevity, eliminating wooden parts used in other systems
  • Patent-pending single circuit to mix air and gas, enabling a more uniform temperature and resulting in a more comfortable experience for the user
  • Multilevel heat exchange system for maximum efficiency
  • UL Listed to ensure the highest level of safety in U.S. and Canada
  • Quick release (plug and play) serviceability of all critical components for efficient on-site repair

“2015 has been a phenomenal year for us,” says Robert Atwood, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer. “Not only have our U.S. sales been boosted by multi-state, multi-unit purchases, but we’ve also seen acceleration in our global sales. The enthusiastic response to our systems has exceeded even our most aggressive projections.”

In addition to its Atlanta manufacturing facility, Impact Cryotherapy recently added a second manufacturing facility with a showroom in St. Louis. The company expects to open a showroom and retail facility in Atlanta in the near future. Both manufacturing facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.

“By examining opportunities for innovation that improve performance, safety and energy efficiency, Impact Cryotherapy has met the growing need for reliable and affordable units for use by nationally recognized fitness and wellness advocates as well as other individuals who find cryotherapy beneficial to their health and performance,” adds Otto.

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems. Used for pain management, athletic performance enhancement and other health and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the United States in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities and have achieved UL listing. Impact Cryotherapy is redefining the age-old technique of cryotherapy with advanced technology and aesthetics to deliver unmatched efficiency, comfort and reliability. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

Impact Cryotherapy Adds Ella Stimpson, Nationally Recognized Spa Expert to its Advisory Board

Impact Cryotherapy announced today that Ella Stimpson, Spa Director of the renowned Spa at Sea Island, has joined its National Advisory Board. Impact Cryotherapy leads the nation in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems that are made in the U.S.A.

Stimpson oversees all aspects of the iconic Georgia resort’s prestigious 65,000 square-foot Spa at Sea Island, which has received the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award for six consecutive years and was recently named the #4 Spa in the Continental U.S. in Travel + Leisure Readers’ Choice Awards. Prior to Sea Island, she was Executive Director of Spa Operations for Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, the first casino spa to be awarded a Forbes Five-Star rating. Stimpson has also had the honor of serving as Chairman of the International Spa Association (ISPA) from 2011 to 2013, where she continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Stimpson began her career at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, which earned a Five-Star rating under her leadership.

“We are pleased to welcome Ella Stimpson to our National Advisory Board, which provides guidance and direction on matters related to Impact Cryotherapy’s whole body cryotherapy systems,” says Richard Otto, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Ella’s innovations and insights into emerging trends in wellness and fitness will be extremely valuable to the Board.”

Other members of Impact Cryotherapy’s Advisory Board include sports medicine, orthopaedic and chiropractic thought leaders James R. Andrews, M.D., who serves as Chairman; Troy C. Van Biezen, D.C., A.R.T.; and J. Melvin Deese, Jr., M.D.

“Whole body cryotherapy is the next step in the evolution of sports medicine and therapy, and a great tool in the spa’s repertoire for speeding recovery and reducing inflammation,” says Stimpson. “We are excited to make it an integral part of our spa and fitness offerings at Sea Island and be the first resort spa in the U.S. to offer this specialized service. We are committed to providing a 360 degree approach to preparation, performance and recovery for golfers and other athletes alike – even if your only sport is positively managing your health while aging.”

About Impact Cryotherapy
Impact Cryotherapy is the national leader in designing and manufacturing whole body cryotherapy systems. Used for pain management, athletic performance enhancement and other health and wellness purposes, the company’s state-of-the-art systems are sleek, attractive single-person chambers that are manufactured in the United States in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified facilities. Impact Cryotherapy is redefining the age-old technique of cryotherapy with advanced technology and aesthetics to deliver unmatched efficiency, comfort and reliability. Learn more at www.impactcryo.com.

CivicHealth Expands Healthcare Technology Solutions that Enable Connectivity, Collaboration for Care Pathways

CivicHealth has expanded its comprehensive technology solutions used to coordinate care pathways across multiple organizations, including human services. CivicHealth’s solutions consolidate information from clinical and non-clinical resources that use disparate technology systems, resulting in lower costs, increased efficiency and improved patient care. A newly revamped website, www.civichealth.com, provides insight into how the company’s technology can benefit stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum.

CivicHealth connects a wide range of clinical and non-clinical organizations to create networks that enable cost-effective care coordination and strategic resource management. CivicHealth’s software platform is used by hospitals, accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes; post-acute and long-term care networks, health plans and community and public health organizations to manage risk, coordinate care and evaluate individual outcomes and population health. The company’s proven technology has been in use for over a decade in more than 30 communities across the country.

“The mandate to improve care quality while reducing costs necessitates a high degree of coordination and collaboration across multiple healthcare providers, systems and agencies, all of which use different technology,” said Keith Rye, CivicHealth Chief Executive Officer. “Our proven solutions support care coordination initiatives by aggregating the necessary data from various systems to facilitate connectivity, collaboration and execution.”

The company’s integrated platform works along EHRs and other IT systems to address the challenges presented by disparate technology. CivicHealth’s solutions include:

  • Community Resource Network – integrates a directory of community human services as referral resources for healthcare providers
  • Patient Navigation – incorporates the Community Resource Network to advance care coordination, patient engagement and patient compliance across internal and external partners within a network in a HIPAA-compliant manner
  • Value-Based Care Management – enables sharing of patient assessment and care plans across the spectrum of multiple providers and care settings, enhancing patient engagement, compliance and outcomes
  • Integrated Delivery Network – used to manage patients in specialty networks, from bundled payment initiatives to post-acute care networks and other risk-based contracting

About CivicHealth
CivicHealth’s comprehensive technology solutions are used to coordinate care pathways across multiple organizations, including human services. CivicHealth’s robust platform offers the interoperability, workflow and reporting required in today’s healthcare environment. CivicHealth streamlines and centralizes data from EHRs and other disparate IT systems, integrating clinical and non-clinical resources to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve patient care. The solutions facilitate collaboration within a specialty or narrow network. Visit www.civichealth.com to learn more.