Advances in medical surgical technology have allowed procedures to now be performed with minimally invasive techniques using image-guided catheters. Surgeons create documentation summarizing these procedures, which must then be read and interpreted by health information professionals to support medical coding and billing, quality reporting, clinical research and subsequent care decisions for the patient. Risks of incorrect interpretation include medical errors, non-compliant coding and incorrect billing. The Actus® 6.0 product, developed by A-Life Medical, Inc., is the first software application available that integrates digital images of vascular anatomy with automated interpretation of physician documentation to provide real-time visualization and coding of catheter-based surgical procedures. With Actus® 6.0, the interpretation of the surgeon’s documentation is automated through the use of A-Life’s patented Natural Language Processing (NLP) software technology, LifeCode.

Sinusitis is inflammation of the sinus cavities that may be caused by infections, allergies or environmental factors and can cause significant pain and suffering for patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, approximately 13% of the U.S. adult population, or 37 million people, are affected by sinusitis. Acclarent is a company focused on developing and marketing devices for the Ear, Nose and Throat market. Acclarent markets a suite of Balloon Sinuplasty™ devices, which are flexible, minimally invasive tools that aid physicians in surgically treating patients suffering from chronic sinusitis. Balloon Sinuplasty™ instruments were used in 3,276 peripheral sinuses. There were no major adverse events attributable to balloon catheter use. The revision rate was 1.3% of sinuses with an average follow-up of 40.2 weeks. Sinus symptoms improved in 95.2% of patients

Consumers today have access to unlimited applications and information on their mobile phone but when it comes to their health they are forced to book an appointment for a face-to-face visit. The MobiSecure® Health solution allows health organizations to securely extend their reach to patients through the mobile channel. MobiSecure® Health has several innovative features, the software auto-detects what type of mobile device the patient has and generates the right download package automatically and creates a secure container on the mobile device for holding health records the end user now can access all of their health records and personal health related communications by entering their PIN number. No URL, user name or password is required. Now that a secure mobile container and communications link has been established, health organizations can deploy the next generation of personalized mobile health care tools that provide information, healthcare records, biometric monitoring, and treatment plans to consumers while being HIPAA compliant.

California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) is a 316 bed Catholic non-profit hospital located in inner-city Los Angeles. The hospital is at financial risk because it serves a large uninsured and indigent population. CHMC is also a designated trauma center, triaging an average of 155 patients per day in the Emergency Department and caring for an average of 195 trauma cases per month. In collaboration, Healthcare Partners (HCP) and CHMC have developed a hospitalist program that has significantly improved the management of patient flow, quality of care patients receive, and expediency with which care is provided at CHMC. This arrangement turns a typically disjointed healthcare delivery system into a ‘community healthcare system” for optimal clinical outcomes at reduced costs. Heart failure patient readmission rates within 31 days were down 37% and were 5.68% better than standard for US hospitals.  Acute care readmission rates within 15 days were down 89% and were 5.59% better than standard for US hospitals.

Scientific literature shows that 40%-50% of birth traumas that occur in the US each year are potentially avoidable. PeriGen’s clinical decision support system specifically addresses the root causes behind 50% of preventable medical errors in OB: errors of communication and errors of cognition. The PeriGen system unites provider information on an OB-specific digital patient chart, which both improves communication between providers and eliminates errors which stem from inaccurate documentation. Provider access to complete, unified, well-documented, and clearly organized patient data not only reduces the likelihood of error, but results in improved charge capture and increased productivity, which demonstrably increase revenue. One client hospital was able to reduce the incidence of Erb’s Palsy to zero in less than five years, while yet another client used the PeriGen system to effectively eliminate the occurrence of elective cesarean delivery before 39 weeks gestation in less than one month.

Most hospitals already struggling with budget cuts and growing patient volume are now facing a shortage in specialty physician coverage. This is especially true for hospitals striving to provide 24/7 emergency stroke care and 24/7 emergency neurology coverage. Specialists On Call provides hospitals nationwide with immediate 24/7 access to expert emergency trained neurologists via telemedicine. Our neurologists provide timely and appropriate care and in nearly every case, the consultations they perform are on patients who would otherwise not see a neurologist during their emergency care. In four and a half years, Specialists On Call has performed over 10,000 emergency neurology consultations via telemedicine. More than 6,500 of those consultations were specifically for stroke patients. In all of these cases, the patients involved would not have seen an emergency neurologist without our service.

Osteoarthritis of the knee affects over 20 million Americans. Osteoarthritis is a progressive disease which begins with pain upon weight-bearing activity and generally leads to loss of function and disability. There is not only a significant void in the therapeutic armamentarium between drugs and surgery, but the costs of drugs and surgery, in both economic and human terms, are astronomical. The BioniCare Knee System is a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical treatment option for osteoarthritis of the knee. It delivers a pulsed electrical signal to the knee through 2 electrodes held in place on the inside of a joint unloading brace. This signal was developed specifically to treat OA and mimics the naturally occurring signal present in a healthy knee joint. Since its initial release, BioniCare has been prescribed by over 5,000 physicians for more than 50,000 patients in the U.S. and has proven to be an incredible, life changing treatment option as indicated by our growing catalog of patient testimonials.

Today’s routine care experience is made up of lots of hassles, long waits, running around, surprise cost, and exposure to everyone’s’ germs, and healthcare professionals are forced to see an increasingly larger number of patients per day which has a negative impact on access to care and the quality of the care one receives. WhiteGlove House Call Health addresses the problem of cost, access, and quality-of-experience for routine medical care. WhiteGlove subscribes to a “fee-for-duration-of-time” reimbursement model. Under this model, an affordable membership fee is paid for by the consumer, payer, or employer, making WhiteGlove’s service available to members 365 days a year. No matter when you call, how many times you call, where you are, or what routine medical need you have, the member pays a flat $35 a visit that includes medical care, generic Rx medications, foods, beverages, and the over-the-counter remedies. Members have written more than 350 reviews, and the majority of these reviews are 5 stars (out of 5 stars).