Another Large Multi-Specialty Practice Selects Phytel For Automated Patient Follow-up

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Article Date: 09 Apr 2008 - 16:00 PDT

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Phytel, the leading provider of solutions that automate the patient follow-up process, announced that Skagit Valley Medical Center, a Washington state, multi-specialty group practice, has selected its Proactive Patient Outreach service.

Through the use of Proactive Patient Outreach, the 80-provider group will automate the follow-up process for its patient population, specifically patients with chronic conditions and those in need of preventive care services. The automated solution utilizes evidence-based guidelines to identify patients and notify these individuals through an outreach messaging system.

"For some time, we have been interested in finding more efficient ways to identify patients who need recall exams for conditions such as diabetes or that might qualify for bone density studies," said Larry Thompson, CEO of Skagit Valley Medical Center. "We believe Phytel will provide the vehicle necessary to achieve this efficiency and the company is highly regarded by other leading clinics around the country."

"Our patients will also benefit by having greater compliance with national standard clinical protocols overseen by their personal physicians here at Skagit Valley Medical Center," added Thompson.

"Skagit Valley Medical Center is dedicated to improving the quality of care for their patient population," said Neil Smiley, president and CEO of Phytel. We are confident that Proactive Patient Outreach will quickly prove to be a rewarding solution for both their practice and patients as it has for others."

Phytel's Proactive Patient Outreach product integrates with existing clinical information systems, such as practice management, electronic medical records, prescription, lab, and other clinical data. This allows health care organizations to develop and maintain a health and disease management patient registry for an entire patient population. Based on an application service provider (ASP) model, the solution requires no additional equipment and is available through a monthly subscription fee.

About Skagit Valley Medical Center

Skagit Valley Medical Center is a Washington state, multi-specialty team of health care professionals dedicated to excellence and patient satisfaction at every level of the organization. Since 1971, Skagit Valley Medical Center has been committed to providing their community with high quality, compassionate medical care that is comprehensive and continuous at each stage of life. The medical staff now includes more than 80 physicians and allied health care professionals.

http://www.svmc.net

About Phytel

Phytel was founded in 1996 to provide physicians with tools for better managing patient-physician communications and care-related activities. Phytel uses evidence-based disease management and preventive care protocols to identify patients that are due for service and automatically notifies them of needed health care actions. Phytel tracks patients for compliance and measures the associated quality and financial results. Improved patient and disease management leads to increased quality of care, which ultimately leads to more financial opportunity for a provider. Phytel guarantees a minimum 300 percent return on investment within 60 days and typical Phytel clients see an average return on investment of 500 percent to 1,000 percent.

http://www.phytel.com