Northwestern Clinics Embrace CrossTx's Chronic Care Management Solution to Enhance Patient Outcomes and Care Coordination

BOZEMAN, Mont., July 14, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Multiple clinics in the Northwestern United States recently demonstrated their commitment to address serious needs in their Medicare Beneficiary populations by adopting the Chronic Care Management (CCM) program. Although these clinics are already providing extensive medical services, by selecting CrossTx's CCM business solution, they can further patient outcome improvements, enhance patient engagement, and address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) while expanding reimbursement opportunities. The move to Value-Based Care models include the embrace of care coordination programs such as CCM and other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) care coordination programs. CCM programs support and contribute to clinical quality measures by managing care for eligible patients with two or more chronic conditions. CrossTx's cloud-based, purpose-driven software now enables Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Arbor Health, Southwest Healthcare Services, and South Lincoln Hospital District to track quality with comprehensive care plans, medication management, preventative services/health maintenance, and patient engagement, improving health literacy and transitions of care.

Pacific Northwest Clinics

Raymond Hino, the CEO at Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, headquartered in Bandon, OR, embraces the focus on enhancing care coordination among the healthcare providers. "Chronic Care Management ensures continuity of care for our patients, allowing them to gain ongoing access to primary care services. Our care coordination program will promote a seamless care experience for our patients with chronic conditions." 

Morton, Washington-based Arbor Health will implement CCM programs as part of its mission to optimize care delivery and patient outcomes. Julie Taylor, Ancillary Services Director, elaborates on this patient-centric care strategy: "Chronic Care Management meets our vision to provide each patient with the best possible care. Through our care coordination program, we can better address gaps in care and thereby nurture healthy communities in East Lewis County."

North Dakota and Wyoming Clinics

Rural health clinics in states like North Dakota embrace dynamic, patient-centric care coordination across vast patient catchment areas. The Practice Administrator for Southwest Healthcare Services, Melani Kline, RN, reports that their approach is to "optimize high-quality care for their patients by developing a comprehensive plan of care that enables them to better manage their chronic conditions. Using best methods, our staff members can address patient needs and optimize engagement while improving access to the appropriate level of care."

In rural Wyoming, Jamie Linn, the Practice Manager at South Lincoln Hospital District in Kemmerer, WY, shares that their CCM program addresses overall timeliness of care and patient satisfaction. "Our CCM patients know they have an additional resource to help them navigate the complexities of healthcare. Through our program, we can bring a personalized touch while monitoring health outcomes and tracking clinical performance measures as related to chronic conditions."

CrossTx provides an end-to-end CMS-compliant CCM business solution. Infusing foundational knowledge and expertise into in-house staff and/or local partners with dynamic, compliant and evidence-based workflows is key to initiating the program. Quality measures and collaboration with community-based care team members ensure gaps in care are addressed along the way. "Our technical team is dedicated to maximizing seamless interoperability with Health Information Exchanges and EHRs. Additionally, our cloud-based software minimizes inefficiencies across evidence-based care coordination workflows," states Chad Nybo, CrossTx CEO. CrossTx supports continuous clinical improvement with world-class support and client success, while keeping staff current to best practices and CMS regulation changes. Chandra Donnell, CrossTx VP Client Success, says, "CrossTx concentrates our CS team's focus on supporting tailored workflows and granularities in policies, while simultaneously looking at comprehensive reports that measure the program's sustainability, quality measures, and other key performance indicators for our clinical network."

About CrossTx

CrossTx, the leading CCM cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations, works with Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, independent physician-owned clinics and special carve outs such as Accountable Care Organizations, Independent Physician Associations, and Clinically Integrated Networks across more than two dozen states. 

Thanks to a combination of purpose-designed software, compelling risk-sharing economic models, and data interoperability, CrossTx has emerged as the leading CCM platform for rural America. Learn more at CrossTx.com.

Contact Information:
Chandra Donnell
VP Client Success
[email protected]
406.595.1326


Original Source: Improving Quality in Northwest Clinics Through Chronic Care Management

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The Calorie Control Council, an international association representing the low-calorie food and beverage industry, supports the World Health Organization's (WHO) findings regarding the safety of aspartame, that aligns with more than 90 credible global scientific and regulatory food agencies that have extensively reviewed aspartame and determined it is safe.

JECFA is charged by the WHO to evaluate ingredients like aspartame and determine their safety. After conducting a thorough re-assessment, JECFA concluded there are no concerns regarding adverse effects of consuming aspartame at current levels and reaffirmed the acceptable daily intake level (ADI), underscoring its previous conclusion that aspartame is safe.  

"The JECFA ruling not only confirms the four decades of science concluding aspartame is safe but also provides real-life ‎context around the safe consumption of this ingredient," said Robert Rankin, President, Calorie Control Council. "In order to reach JECFA's conservative ADI estimates, the average 150 lb. person would need to consume about 14 12-oz cans of diet beverages or about 74 packets of aspartame-containing tabletop sweetener every day over the course of their life to raise any safety concern. Obviously, that level of consumption is not realistic, recommended, nor is it ‎aligned with the intended use of these ingredients."  

"Consumers have a strong desire for reliable and science-based information and JECFA's review reaffirms the overwhelming body of evidence that confirms aspartame is safe. To assert otherwise is misleading, inaccurate, and fearmongering to the nearly 540 million people globally living with diabetes and millions of others managing their body weight who rely on and/or chose products that contain low- and no-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame," continued Rankin.  

Consumers who look to low- and no-calorie sweeteners - including aspartame - for managing sugar and calorie reduction can continue to feel comfortable knowing it has been proven a safe and effective choice based on the findings of global health organizations which review the relevant scientific evidence regularly. 

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About the Calorie Control Council

The Calorie Control Council, established in 1966, is an international association representing the low- and reduced-calorie food and beverage industry. Today it represents manufacturers and suppliers of low-, no- and reduced-calorie foods and beverages, including manufacturers and suppliers of more than two dozen different alternative sweeteners, dietary fibers, and other low-calorie, dietary ingredients. More at caloriecontrol.org.  

Contact Information:
Robin Applebaum
[email protected]
678.303.2980


Original Source: The Calorie Control Council Comments on the World Health Organization's Review of the Safety of Aspartame

After 30 years of growth, we are pleased to announce that effective July 13, 2023, RT Welter and Associates, Inc. will become Welter Healthcare Partners. More Than a Name Change; It's Who We Are Today.

ARVADA, Colo., July 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - We are excited to announce that RT Welter and Associates, Inc. has outgrown its former name and proudly announces its new name: Welter Healthcare Partners.

Our organization was started over 30 years ago by Founder Todd Welter. With Todd's leadership, we have continuously expanded in scale, capabilities, and client partnerships. Today, we are led by a seasoned executive team overseeing client ROI, daily operations, and customer service, who are now guided and supported by Todd's new role as our visionary CEO/Chairman.

We adopted a new name that truly embodies who we are today: a team of staff partners providing exceptional customer service and attention to detail for our client partners - a true partnership in success.

We are pleased to announce that effective July 13, 2023, RT Welter and Associates, Inc. will become Welter Healthcare Partners.

For more information, please visit https://welterhp.com/july-13-2023-more-than-a-name-change-its-who-we-are-today/

Contact Information:
Jen Heuer
Chief Operating Officer
[email protected]
877-825-8272


Original Source: RT Welter and Associates, Inc. Rebrands to Welter Healthcare Partners

TAMPA, Fla., July 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Black Book Research announced the top customer-rated platform vendors of patient engagement and consumer outreach solutions, including innovative scheduling, intake, and notification capabilities. Twenty technology competitors that deliver optimized collaboration and communication workflow tools were included in the sweeping six-month user polls. 

One thousand one hundred forty-two health system executives, physicians, clinicians, and IT specialists from 993 providers, medical groups, clinics, and outpatient facilities participated in the 2023 patient engagement solutions survey of user satisfaction.

InteliChart received top user scores in 10 of 18 KPIs with notable achievements scored in strategic alignment of client goals; innovation and optimization; training; scalability; client relationships and cultural fit; trust, accountability, transparency, and ethics; customization; data security and patient privacy; customer service, and best of breed technology and process improvement.

Fifty-nine percent of healthcare systems IT leaders responding to the survey indicated that their organizations are actively seeking to implement or replace current patient engagement tools to achieve broader offerings and improvements to benefit healthcare consumers by Q4 2024.

The survey methodology and full listing of healthcare IT and services vendor rankings can be found at Black Book's website https://blackbookmarketresearch.com/virtual-care-mobile-and-telehealth-systems

About Black Book™

Black Book Market Research LLC provides vendor-neutral archival solutions and healthcare IT users, media, investors, analysts, quality-minded vendors, and prospective software and services buyers with comprehensive comparison data of the industry's top respected and competitively performing solutions vendors. The largest user opinion poll of its kind in healthcare IT, Black Book™ collects over one million viewpoints on information technology and outsourced services vendor performance annually. Black Book is internationally recognized for over 17 years of customer satisfaction and loyalty polling, particularly in technology, medical equipment, services, and outsourcing industries.

Black Book™ founders, management, and staff do not own or hold any financial interest in any of the vendors covered and encompassed in this survey including InteliChart, and Black Book reports the results of the collected satisfaction and client experience rankings in publication and to media prior to vendor notification of rating results.

Follow Black Book on Twitter @blackbookpolls and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackbookmarketresearchllc.

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Press Office
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8008637590


Original Source: InteliChart Earns #1 Client Experience Rating in Patient Engagement Platform Solutions, Black Book 2023 User Survey

Connecting Physicians to Healthcare-Specific Coaches Nationwide

NEW YORK, July 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Health eCareers, North America's leading recruitment and career network serving healthcare professionals, employers, and associations, announces a new service for physicians searching for jobs: connecting those job seekers with career coaches. 

Health eCareers understands the value that a career coach can bring to job seekers in the healthcare industry and is excited to offer this service. Health eCareers is the only job board to partner exclusively with career coaches who are also medical professionals who have practiced medicine for decades.

Physician shortages are sweeping the nation, with The Mayo Clinic reporting that one in five physicians is considering leaving medicine. Health eCareers is hoping that this new service connecting physicians to career coaches can help reduce the effects of burnout, and lead physicians to continue practicing medicine while feeling happier and more satisfied in their roles. 

These career coaches have experience helping physicians with career transitions, burnout, work/life balance, and other on-the-job concerns. Physicians and surgeons can visit Health eCareers' Career Coaching page to explore the current career coaches available and request more information. 

"At Health eCareers we aim to provide physicians with more than jobs. Our goal is to be a trusted career partner for healthcare professionals, and we see the value in connecting physicians to experienced career coaches," said Angie Brooks, Head of Partnerships at Health eCareers.

Health eCareers has plans to expand this offering to other healthcare professionals including physician assistants and nurses. 

About Health eCareers

Health eCareers brings together physicians, surgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners, PAs, and CRNAs with jobs and career resources in every medical specialty. With thousands of healthcare employers across the United States, and an exclusive network of premier healthcare associations and community partners, Health eCareers supports qualified healthcare providers in finding opportunities with employers that are looking for top talent. To learn more, visit healthecareers.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter. Health eCareers is part of the Everyday Health Group.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Davis
Content Marketing Manager
[email protected]


Original Source: Health eCareers Now Offering Career Coaching Services

Virtual care integration and mobility highlights latest innovations

BETHESDA, Md., July 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Get Well, the global leader in digital patient engagement, today announced eight new smart patient room projects to support new construction initiatives across the U.S. and globally.

Building a new smart hospital or smart room in a hospital presents the opportunity to create market differentiation and grow market share. Leveraging GetWell InPatient, the company's Smart Patient Room solution elevates the patient experience through consumer-grade self-service, improved communication and automated patient education, while streamlining in-room hardware and seamlessly connecting to other core IT systems including the EHR, RTLS, dietary, room controls, and cameras and microphones for virtual care. The result is a seamless patient, family and staff experience that empowers patients to self-serve and manage aspects of their hospital stay via their device of choice, while enabling clinical teams to engage in top-of-license care.

Get Well was recently chosen to implement the following new tower projects:

• Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
• Centura Health St. Francis Interquest
• Kaiser Permanente San Marcos Medical Center
• Children's Hospital of Atlanta
• UMass Memorial Health New Inpatient Building
• University of Missouri Children's Hospital 
• Champion Hospital, Kuwait
• Kaweka Health, New Zealand   

"We chose Get Well for our 'hospital of the future' based their track record of success with new towers, latest innovations highlighted by virtual care and mobile, and the talented team of Get Well engineers and clinicians to work alongside our design teams to bring our vision to life," said Eric Alper, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, UMass Memorial Health.

Get Well has leveraged its Get Well Anywhere platform to expand its smart hospital suite to include digital white boards, dynamic room panels for clinicians, digital signage, cloud-based experience management and a new mobile ED experience.

"Smart hospital projects always include a set of new challenges and innovations that keep our engineers motivated and happy," said Robin Cavanaugh, Chief Technology Officer at Get Well. "Virtual care enablement and on demand translation services have been recent pushes along with mobile and two-way texting. For video, we have now created a seamless patient, family and staff experience with several providers including Caregility, Zoom, Vidyo, Care.ai, Careview and Teladoc among others. The future is here."

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About Get Well

Get Well provides enterprise patient engagement and navigation solutions for hospitals and communities around the world. Our products empower healthcare organizations to deliver patient-centered experiences that drive retention and growth, increase patient satisfaction, improve clinical quality and reduce cost of care. Learn more at getwellnetwork.com or follow Get Well on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Contact Information:
Adrienne Chen
[email protected]
(415) 722-1907


Original Source: Get Well Announces Eight Smart Hospital Projects Across US and Globally