Author Name Eric Wicklund | Date March 5, 2014

Two Indiana physician practices are using a cloud-based platform to “connect the dots” in patient care, enabling clinicians in different locations to pull in patient data and coordinate a care management plan on tablets.

The practices, part of the 22-hospital St. Vincent Health system, are piloting the population health platform from Acupera to “provide transitional care management to patients leaving institutional care, identify and proactively manage patients with complex chronic conditions and transition to patient-centric team care.”

Bruce Bethancourt, chief medial officer for the St. Vincent Medical Group, says the platform gives clinicians the freedom to pull information from various locations and connect the care team in real-time. That’s quite a change from the “day-prior huddle” method, in which physicians met in one location and tried to collect all the files and test results they’d need.

“You’re getting information that you need at the point of care,” he said. “Things aren’t siloed any more.”

Ron Razmi, chief executive officer of San Francisco-based Acupera, says the company’s population health analytics and clinical workflow management platform meets a glaring need among healthcare providers who are trying to transition from fee-for-service to accountable care. The platform pulls in care data from various locations, identifies care team members and assigns tasks based on their roles. Razmi sees the Acupera platform as a dynamic workflow tool sitting atop whatever EMRs the provider may have, pulling out information that the care team needs at the point of care. Bethancourt – whose organization is now undergoing a change of EMRs – agreed.

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