VisualMED Joins Partners for Community-Based Care Transition Program
19 Avril 2012 - 2:00PM
Marketwired
VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp. (The "Company") (PINKSHEETS:
VMCS) (FRANKFURT: VA6) announces it has formed a further
partnership with The Maryland Center at Bowie State University,
Inc., and Intelaform, market leaders in healthcare information and
communications, to develop a Community-Based Care Transition
Program (CCTP) for the state of Maryland.
Care transitions occur when a patient moves from one health care
setting to another. In the instance that people living with serious
illnesses move from the hospital to home or a nursing center, they
may be at risk for readmission to the hospital if they develop a
complication.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has
launched an initiative to reduce hospital readmissions by 20% by
2013. To begin with, the agency plans to spend $500 million -- or
half of the $1 billion earmarked in the Affordable Care Act for
improving patient safety -- to help hospitals and their community
partners decrease readmissions over a five year period ending in
2016. The Maryland Center Transition Care Program (The Program)
will focus specifically on the needs of elderly patients
transitioning from a hospital setting back to the home
environment.
According to a 2007 report of the Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission, readmissions to the hospital are estimated to cost
Medicare approximately $15 billion, nearly $12 billion of which is
for causes considered preventable. In Maryland, hospital
readmissions are estimated to cost $300 million annually. The
Program is designed to assist the patient during the critical
transition period and thereby significantly decrease the number of
preventable hospitalizations.
The Maryland Center, an affiliated foundation of the University
System of Maryland, has as its charter to eliminate disparities,
including those in health, and simultaneously enhance research and
development on behalf of Bowie State University. Its new
public/private partnership with VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp.
and Intelaform, Inc. will have as a primary goal the development of
a CCTP. The initial program will focus on Maryland, and could be
expanded across the entire National Capital Region.
The MD Center CCTP is the first of its kind in Maryland. The
program will focus on five key areas for aging patients;
cardiovascular, diabetes, urological, pulmonary, and
dermatological; and seek significant reductions in each.
This program is unique among CCTP programs in that it will
provide patient surveillance and "concierge" services to
transitioning patients and will integrate the latest technologies
in managing health information to enhance the capabilities of all
involved parties -- hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other
healthcare providers -- to respond to the needs of the
transitioning patient.
Intelaform will provide patient surveillance and concierge
services, treatment management and patient care management systems
to monitor and individually manage each patient's needs. VisualMED
Clinical Solutions will provide mobile medical applications and the
patient treatment infrastructure with secure access and tracking
capabilities to enable real-time collection, aggregation, and
sharing of information.
"As designed, this landmark program can be quickly replicated
across the United States, reducing Medicare costs by billions of
dollars and adding to the quality of life of millions of elderly
patients and their families," said J. Randall Hoggle, PD, Chairman
of the Board of Intelaform, Inc.
"The Transition Center is an innovative program with the
potential to permanently transform transitional care for millions
of the most vulnerable citizens in our community. The Maryland
Center is proud to be a part of this historic partnership,"
remarked Terry Lawlah, executive director of the Maryland Center at
Bowie State University.
"Transitional care and reduction of readmissions can truly be
implemented in a safe and effective manner when using mobile
medical and nursing applications," stated Gerard Dab, CEO of
VisualMED Solutions Corp.
About The Maryland Center at Bowie State
University The Maryland Center at Bowie State University, Inc.
is a non-profit organization that is an affiliated foundation of
the University System of Maryland located on the campus of Bowie
State University. As an affiliated foundation, the Center engages
in and supports activities to further enhance the educational,
research or service mission of Bowie State University. Through this
collaboration, The Maryland Center and Bowie State work in concert
to increase the research capacity of the University. For more
information, visit www.themarylandcenter.org.
About Intelaform Intelaform, Inc. is a
global leader in emergency preparedness and response planning and
deployment, medical and biosurveillance and a premier source for
healthcare product monitoring and surveillance. Intelaform is a
Delaware C-Corporation founded in 2007 as a spin out business of
Health Pathways, Inc. with intellectual property from a series of
global government agencies and private sector emergency
preparedness and response projects and healthcare asset management
and monitoring programs. Intelaform global headquarters are in
Rockville, Maryland, USA. For more information, visit
www.intelaform.com.
About VisualMED VisualMED markets smart
EHR with Clinical Information Systems (CIS) and Computerized
Physician Order Entry that meet the new regulatory environment
ushered in by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
and the Health Reform Act of 2010. VisualMED offers a powerful
technology platform both scalable and interoperable, developed at a
cost of some $40 million and tested over many years in tertiary
care and ambulatory environments. VisualMED solutions help medical
facilities reduce mortality and morbidity due to medical errors,
increase provider efficiency, and bring down operating costs. The
key clinical components are a core solution in the new agenda to
promote greater patient safety and reduce risks due to medication
errors. The Company's Suites of Medical Solutions operate on state
of the art proprietary software platforms with advanced analytical
capabilities provided by Visual Healthcare Corp. (PINKSHEETS:
VSHC).
Detailed information on our company and its products is
available on our web site at www.visualmedsolutions.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Except for historical information
provided herein, this press release may contain information and
statements of a forward-looking nature concerning the future
performance of the Company. These statements are based on
suppositions and uncertainties as well as on management's best
possible evaluation of future events. Such factors may include,
without excluding other considerations, fluctuations in quarterly
results, evolution in customer demand for the Company's products
and services, the impact of price pressures exerted by competitors,
and general market trends or economic changes. As a result, readers
are advised that actual results may differ from expected
results.
For further information, please contact: Gerard Dab
514-582-5220
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