Software provides chronic care management for diseases.
Press Release Summary:
By utilizing data stored in electronic health record, CareManager v3.3 allows organizations to optimize care quality through timely interventions based on comprehensive clinical information. Filtering capabilities allow organizations to sort and filter patient panels for tracking and identification. With Heart Failure module, physicians can manage patients based on health indicators, while Osteoporosis module helps manage at-risk patients utilizing bone mineral density test values.
Original Press Release:
Kryptiq's CareManager 3.3 Improves Chronic Care Management for Health Failure, Osteoporosis
Latest Version of Award-Winning Solution Addresses Continuing Demand in Provider Community
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 19 /-- Kryptiq, the leading provider of next generation healthcare connectivity solutions, today announced the latest release of the CareManager(TM) product suite, CareManager 3.3. CareManager is an award-winning disease management solution which provides physicians the information they need to ensure effective care for their patient populations with chronic disease. By utilizing data stored in the electronic health record (EHR), CareManager allows organizations to improve care quality through timely interventions based on comprehensive clinical information. The 3.3 release includes:
o New filtering capabilities allow organizations to sort and filter patient panels, enabling new levels of patient tracking and identification, including:
- Assessing patient compliance to organizational, as well as national, guidelines
- Effective risk stratification of patients based on multiple risk criteria, ensuring timely outreach to the patients most in need of care
o A new Heart Failure module that allows physicians to manage patients based on health indicators including lowest left ventricle ejection fraction and New York Heart Association score
o A new Osteoporosis module that helps manage at risk patients utilizing bone mineral density test values
"EHR systems are an excellent tool for managing patient care during clinic visits and for storing readily accessible health data, providing high quality continuity of care for the patient," said Ron Brannan, CIO of the Austin Diagnostic Clinic. "However, they do not provide a convenient way to manage an entire patient population for a particular disease state.
"Kryptiq's CareManager 3.3 allows us to monitor and treat entire patient populations on a near real time basis, while reducing physician and clinical staff administrative time. Our implementation of CareManager 3.3 provides the opportunity to take advantage of this functionality for our diabetic patients. We are considering the addition of CareManager modules for other disease states, as we shift our focus of chronic disease management away from episodic care to a more comprehensive management model."
CareManager modules are now available for seven disease states, including diabetes, stroke prevention, coronary heart disease, cancer screening, tobacco cessation, heart failure, and osteoporosis. The 3.3 release also includes updates to existing modules, providing the most up-to-date industry established guidelines for the evidence-based care of patients with chronic conditions.
"Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in America and the lack of proactive management of these diseases is driving the skyrocketing cost of American healthcare," said Luis Machuca, CEO of Kryptiq. "CareManager is the most effective tool for enabling the management of patient populations with chronic disease and we are excited to extend its industry leading functionality to additional disease states on behalf of our customers."
Providence Medical Group (PMG), an employed group of 130 primary care physicians in 12 practices in and around Portland, Oregon, has been using CareManager since 2001 and seen significant improvements in the outcomes of their patients and the efficiency and functionality of its practice. By the year 2000 PMG groups had virtually eliminated paper records; however, they soon discovered their outcomes for diabetes were no better than the national average. Following the implementation of CareManager, Providence demonstrated a 58 percent increase in the number of diabetic patients who achieved control of their cholesterol and blood pressure levels. These improvements significantly reduced the risk of heart disease across a diabetic patient population of over 6,000. Providence also documented a 250 percent increase in foot screenings, helping to stem the rate of later amputations. While using CareManager to ensure patients received the care they needed when they needed it, Providence generated more than $4,000 of additional service revenue per physician in the first year of use, without hiring any additional staff.
About CareManager
CareManager is an award-winning disease registry solution that provides physicians the information they need to ensure effective preventative care and timely interventions. Unlike disease management systems that use claims data, CareManager accesses existing patient data stored in the EHR to evaluate key health indicators against evidence-based treatment guidelines. This enables informed decision making at the point of care and allows providers to easily monitor process compliance and goal attainment for a range of disease states across the entire patient population, ensuring appropriate education, tests, and treatment occur in a timely manner.
About Kryptiq Corporation
Kryptiq is the leading provider of next generation healthcare connectivity solutions, enabling healthcare providers and health plans to utilize and share vital information effectively. Kryptiq's award-winning Connect IQ and Choreo solutions are being adopted by many of America's top providers, health plans, and leading healthcare IT vendors to achieve new levels of mobility, accessibility, and visibility to critical information. For healthcare providers, Kryptiq's Connect IQ product suite revolutionizes collaborative care. Connect IQ establishes the secure connectivity and system interoperability necessary to streamline information sharing among healthcare professionals, their colleagues, and patients they serve. Uniquely designed for health plans, Kryptiq's Choreo product suite transforms provider contracting and network management processes. Choreo provides the information transparency and process automation necessary to competitively grow and manage provider networks.
Many of the nation's top health plans and providers rely on Kryptiq and Kryptiq's strategic partners such as GE Healthcare, Sage Software, and TriZetto, to improve business results and enhance care. Organizations such as Providence Health System, MedStar Health, MeritCare Health System, Village Health Partners, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota, and The Regence Group turn to Kryptiq's solutions to improve transparency and data mobility, and enable healthcare transformation. For more information on the company, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/.
