Philips Debuts Virtual Care Management Portfolio

Philips has debuted its Virtual Care Management, a portfolio of flexible solutions and services to help health systems, providers, payers, and employer groups motivate and connect patients from virtually anywhere.
 
Virtual Care Management may help reduce pressure on hospital staff by decreasing emergency department visits, and reduce care cost through better management of chronic disease.^1,2
 
Philips Virtual Care Management’s condition-specific protocols include diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as gestational programs for diabetes and hypertension. These protocols combine with connected devices and engagement tools on a secure, interoperable cloud-based platform to deliver rich data and actionable insights that enable timely intervention and workflow efficiencies. Licensed clinical professionals offer monitoring and personalized health coaching; Philips’ expert-led professional services assist in helping customers plan, customize, implement, activate and sustain each program.
 
“Virtual care is paving the way to meaningfully reduce the cost of care through fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits,” Nick Wilson, General Manager, Ambulatory Virtual Care at Philips told the press. “Care providers and health systems today are often short on time and resources, accelerating the need to find new ways to gain visibility into patients’ health amid an overwhelming variety of options. For patients, the opportunity to understand and take proactive control of their health can potentially lead to improved outcomes.”
 
References
¹ Magee MF, Baker KM, Fernandez SJ, et al. Redesigning ambulatory care management for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study of the impact of a Boot Camp model on outcomes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2019;7(1):e000731. Published 2019 Nov 13. doi:10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000731.
² A Diabetes Care Management Program for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in a predominantly African American population amortized over the study cohort due to reduced risk of all factors hospitalization after 90 days compared to usual care.