DALLAS, TX — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — The employed physician group of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), one of the largest healthcare organizations in Pennsylvania, has selected to expand its care management program and to help transform its practices into patient-centered medical homes. LVHN views the use of Phytel as a potential integral part of a coordinated strategy to enhance care management across the continuum of care for the patients that the healthcare system serves.
“Phytel is built on a patient-centered model that can help coordinate care effectively across our entire patient population and positively influence patient health,” said Mark Wendling, MD, Associate Medical Director of Performance Improvement of Lehigh Valley Physician Group. “Phytel identifies and connects patients in need of recommended care with their providers. Its automation technology enables our doctors to more effectively manage their populations and achieve health improvement goals. Phytel-s approach is also aligned with our network initiative to develop new medical homes, or enhance existing medical home models, in our efforts to provide the best possible healthcare to the patients in our community.”
Lehigh Valley Physician Group, which includes 487 doctors and 220 advanced practice clinicians, will initially provide Phytel-s solution to its family practitioners. Phytel-s web-based service applies nationally recognized clinical protocols to patient data collected from practice management systems and electronic health records. Those protocols trigger automated communications to patients who have care gaps.
Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel, commented, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to help Lehigh Valley Physician Group build its medical homes and enhance its population health management. Lehigh Valley-s selection of Phytel reaffirms the value of our automation technology, which has been shown to increase patient engagement, reduce care gaps, and improve outcomes. We will support Lehigh Valley-s strategy to transform the delivery of care and provide better service to its patients.”
The premier company empowering physician-led population health improvement, Phytel provides physicians with proven technology to deliver timely, coordinated care to their patients. Phytel-s state-of-the-art registry, which now encompasses 20 million patients nationwide, uses evidence-based chronic and preventive care protocols to identify and notify patients due for service, while tracking compliance and measuring quality and financial results. For more information, please visit . Follow us on and find us on .
The 487-physician Lehigh Valley Physician Group consists of the practices owned by Lehigh Valley Health Network, the leading healthcare organization in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. The group scores in the top 15 percent nationally for patient satisfaction ratings, according to a national research firm. Pennsylvania-s Medicare quality improvement organization recently recognized Lehigh Valley Physician Group for innovations in providing high-quality care.
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