WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health
(NYSE: CVS) and Cleveland Clinic announced today they have expanded
their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for
patients throughout Northeast Ohio
and Florida, and improve quality,
coordinated delivery of care and health outcomes for patients.
"Our clinical collaboration with Cleveland Clinic has
successfully increased access to care for thousands of patients,"
said Sharon Vitti, Senior Vice
President and Executive Director, MinuteClinic. "By expanding and
enhancing our affiliation, we will broaden electronic communication
between providers in both organizations and leverage population
health data to help improve the health outcomes and reduce the cost
of care for the patients we serve."
The expanded relationship builds on successes of the clinical
affiliation between MinuteClinic and Cleveland Clinic. Through this
broadened relationship, MinuteClinic, CVS Pharmacy and Cleveland
Clinic will be able to improve access to and coordination of care
for patients in the communities they serve, including convenient
clinical support, medication counseling, chronic disease monitoring
and wellness programs at CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations.
Joint clinical programs will be developed to address high rates of
chronic diseases, such as hypertension, and help patients better
manage their medications.
As part of the expanded relationship, CVS Health has joined
Cleveland Clinic's Quality Alliance, one of the largest clinically
integrated networks of providers collaborating on quality measures
that focus on chronic disease management. The two organizations
will share standard protocols and quality metrics and review
population health data through integrated, secured systems.
"This collaboration enhances the quality of care patients will
receive and allows us to oversee their care more seamlessly than we
do today," said Michael Rabovsky,
M.D., chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Department of Family
Medicine. "As part of our Quality Alliance, CVS Health joins our
clinically integrated network which uniquely positions us to share
treatment guidelines and protocols and puts the patient at the
center of a larger system of care when they need it."
MinuteClinic, CVS Pharmacy and Cleveland Clinic will also work
toward streamlining and enhancing communication through their
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. This will include the
electronic sharing of messages and alerts about patients'
prescription information, visit summaries, diagnosis and treatment
protocol, with patient consent, directly between the treating
physicians and CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic. The care
coordination and communication between health care providers
delivers a more comprehensive view of patients, which is integral
in health care decision-making and disease management.
"The expanded collaboration with CVS Health also allows us to
provide better access to quality care for patients in Florida," said Hermann
Stubbe, M.D., chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Florida
Department of Family Medicine. "The ability to share information,
quality measures and protocols will reduce chronic disease and
ultimately improve our patients' quality of life."
About CVS Health
CVS Health is a pharmacy innovation company helping people on
their path to better health. Through its more than 9,700 retail
locations, more than 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading
pharmacy benefits manager with nearly 90 million plan members, a
dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one
million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services,
and a leading stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan,
the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage
health in more affordable and effective ways. This unique
integrated model increases access to quality care, delivers better
health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs. Find more
information about how CVS Health is shaping the future of health
at https://www.cvshealth.com.
About Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical
center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and
education. Located in Cleveland,
Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians
with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the
principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. Cleveland
Clinic has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary
artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States. U.S.News & World
Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the
nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals"
survey. Among Cleveland Clinic's 49,000 employees are more than
3,400 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 14,000
nurses, representing 120 medical specialties and subspecialties.
The Cleveland Clinic health system includes a 165-acre main campus
near downtown Cleveland, nine
community hospitals, more than 150 northern Ohio outpatient locations – including 18
full-service family health centers and three health and wellness
centers – and locations in Weston,
Fla.; Las Vegas, Nev.;
Toronto, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. In 2015, there were 6.6
million outpatient visits, 164,700 hospital admissions and 208,807
surgical cases throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system.
Patients came for treatment from every state and 180 countries.
Visit us at www.clevelandclinic.org. Follow us at
www.twitter.com/ClevelandClinic.
Media Contacts:
Amy
Lanctot
CVS
Health
(401)
770-2931
amy.lanctot@cvshealth.com
Katrina Healy
Cleveland Clinic
(216) 444-4255
healyk@ccf.org
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