ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced its eCareCoordinator and
eCareCompanion telehealth applications have received 510(k)
clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A part
of Philips Hospital to Home's suite of telehealth programs,
eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion are focused on patient care
within the home and are the first clinical applications to be
available through the cloud-based digital health platform, which
Philips announced in collaboration with Salesforce.com earlier this
summer. The Philips eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion
applications will be demonstrated live at the upcoming Dreamforce
conference in San Francisco on
October 13-16.
"The FDA clearance of the Philips eCareCoordinator and
eCareCompanion applications marks the first major step in realizing
our vision for a digital health platform that seamlessly integrates
data to transform the way we deliver patient care," said Jeroen
Tas, CEO, Philips Healthcare Informatics Solutions and Services.
"These applications address both clinician and patient needs,
providing clinicians with better access and analysis around patient
data while empowering patients to manage their own health with
direct access to care teams. The deeper insights into patient
conditions will help enable more efficient and cost-effective care
for improved outcomes."
Connecting care from hospital to home, Philips
healthcare and consumer offerings span the health
continuum, including healthy living, prevention, diagnosis,
treatment, recovery and home care. Both eCare Coordinator and
eCare Companion are part of the Philips Transition to
Ambulatory Care (eTrAC) program, a clinical program whose
goal is to help healthcare providers reduce readmissions and
lower healthcare costs by focusing on effective chronic care
management within the home. By connecting clinicians and
patients transitioning from the hospital to ambulatory care,
Philips enables clinicians to monitor patients remotely and
prioritize them for intervention.
eCareCoordinator supports population health management by
providing clinicians with a daily review of each of their patients,
allowing them to prioritize patients and adjust care plans or
intervene as needed. The application gives clinicians real-time
access to both objective health data – like vital signs, blood
pressure and weight – as well as subjective responses collected via
health questionnaires and other communication with the care team
about the patient's status.
The eCareCompanion application serves as the patient portal,
driving patient engagement and self-management. The personalized
application is accessed via a tablet, and allows patients to answer
questions about their health and enter requested measurements to
stay connected with their care teams. Its ability to connect with
medical devices, such as a weight scale, oximeter, blood pressure
meter and medicine dispenser, enables a deeper insight into patient
health. The application also proactively reminds them of
pre-assigned health tasks, like taking medications, to encourage
adherence and better outcomes.
The two applications will support new at-home care models like
the program being piloted at Banner Health, a pioneer accountable
care organization in Arizona, USA.
Philips will be launching a similar program with Henry Ford Health
System, one of the nation's leading integrated health systems based
in Michigan, USA.
"As our healthcare ecosystem evolves to meet the needs of a
rapidly aging population while facing financial realities, we're
seeing that digital healthcare can help us improve patient care and
their quality of life," said Dr. Hargobind
Khurana, Medical Director of Banner Telehealth. "We're eager
to incorporate these two new applications as part of our telehealth
program to our patients and clinicians to facilitate better
recovery at home."
For more information on the full suite of Philips clinical
telehealth programs, visit www.hospitaltohome.philips.com, and
follow Philips participation at #DF14 with @PhilipsHealth and
@Philips.
For further information, please contact:
Steve Klink
Philips
Group Communications
+31 6 10888824
Steve.Klink@philips.com
Rachel
Bloom-Baglin
Philips
(o) 978-659-3748 (mobile) 978-760-9007
Rachel.Bloom-Baglin@philips.com
Twitter: @rbloombaglin
About Royal
Philips:
Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being
company, focused on improving people's lives through meaningful
innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and
Lighting. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, Philips posted 2013 sales of EUR 23.3 billion and employs approximately
115,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new
lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and
oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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