Pediatric health systems are using digital health platforms to bring remote patient monitoring (RPM) into clinician workflows.
MILWAUKEE and SEATTLE, April 10, 2024 (Globe Newswire) — Xealth, a leader in digital health enablement at scale, today announced that Children's Wisconsin, Wisconsin's only independent health system, will We announced that we use the following system that specializes only in happiness. System-wide, Xealth's digital health platform virtually connects care teams and post-discharge pediatric patients with Locus Health's remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution.
“It is great to have the ability to monitor patients even after they are discharged from the hospital. Although the use of this platform and solution is still in its early stages, it can help prevent unnecessary emergency room visits, weaning from ventilators and feeding tubes. We are already seeing improved outcomes, such as being able to remove the tube sooner,” said Kimberly. Kronsell, MD, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, Children's Health Digital Health & Experience, Wisconsin. “This allows us to provide better care to patients, strengthen the ability of parents and caregivers to care for children, streamline workflows for healthcare providers and care teams, and ultimately improve clinical outcomes. .”
Prolonged hospital stays after surgery place a burden on children and their families. Initially focused on cardiology, enteral feeding, and tracheostomy patients, Children's Wisconsin leverages Locus Health's pediatric RPM solution, delivered through Xealth's digital health platform, to provide selected post-discharge patients. It strengthens hospitals' ability to monitor pediatric patients affected and allows for customized care plans. , allowing for faster intervention and better outcomes for younger patients. Integration into the EHR brings the program into the clinical workflow and gives medical teams instant access to critical health data.
“Children recover better at home, but parents who have children in the hospital often have to deal with additional children and family and work obligations,” said Kirby Farrell, CEO of Locus Health. I'm doing my best to balance both.” “Locus Health provides them with the comforts of home and a close connection to their health care providers to monitor their progress. We collaborate with Children's Wisconsin and Xealth. We are excited to help children become better where they do best: at home.”
By leveraging Xealth's digital health platform to centralize digital health assets and tools within the EHR, Wisconsin Children's Health teams can digitally order, monitor, and measure the use of these materials to improve program implementation. and effectiveness transparency.
“Few situations are more disruptive to a family than having a sick child admitted to the hospital. Children experience better outcomes when they are able to recover at home,” said Mike, CEO and co-founder of Xealth. McSherry said. “Remote monitoring allows patients to be discharged from the hospital faster and recover in a more comfortable location, while giving medical teams immediate and convenient access to the right vitals. Locus Health through Xealth “In doing so, Children's Wisconsin supports families and deepens connections between patients and care teams both inside and outside our facilities.”
In March 2023, Xealth and Children's Wisconsin announced that the health system will use Xealth's digital health platform system-wide to integrate patient education and custom content into care team workflows. This allows consistent communications to be delivered quickly and easily to multiple locations, ensuring patients and their families have timely access to trusted information.
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Locus is making remote patient monitoring and electronic health record integration a reality for a wide range of people, supporting healthcare teams' ability to monitor and provide support to patients. The Locus platform is used by pediatric and adult patient care teams at many health systems, including multiple top 10 children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, and was recognized with the Small Business Innovation (SBIR) Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). has been awarded. , in collaboration with clinical champions from partner health systems, have published a wide range of results. To learn more about our remote care management solutions and request a demo, please visit locushealth.com.
About Children's Wisconsin
Children's Wisconsin is the region's only independent health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. Located in Milwaukee and Neenah, Wisconsin, the hospital is recognized as one of the nation's leading pediatric medical centers. U.S. News & World Report's 2023-24 Best Children's Hospitals report ranks it among the top children's hospitals in the country. Children's provides primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, mental and behavioral health care, community health services, foster care and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services, and a family resource center. In 2022, Children's invested more than $171 million in communities to improve the health of children through healthcare, advocacy, education and pediatric medical research. Children's accomplishes its mission in part through donations from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is proud to be a member of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
About Xealth
Xealth scales digital health programs for major health systems, enabling clinicians to integrate, prescribe, and monitor digital health tools to increase patient and provider engagement and usage. Through the secure Xealth platform, clinicians can order the appropriate digital health tools and programs for their patients automatically or directly from their EHR workflow with the click of a button, and post these digital health orders to the patient's email or patient portal. Send and monitor activity. Xealth was spun out of Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) in 2017, and its investors include Advocate, Cleveland Clinic, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, McKesson Ventures, Oracle, Philips, and ResMed, as well as Providence Ventures, Stanford, and UPMC. Names are listed.
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CONTACT: Cynthia Church Xealth +1 304.771.5755 cynthia.church@xealth.com Molly McElwee Malloy Locus Health molly@locushealth.com
