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ONC Awards Green Circle Health Second Place in Phase 2 of Consumer Health Data Aggregator Challenge
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced Green
Circle Health (GCH) as the second
place winner in Phase 2 of its Consumer Health Data Aggregator Challenge.
In addition, GCH was recognized as the "Ultimate Connector" for its
ability to connect to the greatest number of unique health IT systems
and received $50,000 in total prize money.
Announced last year, the Consumer Health Data Aggregator Challenge was
developed to foster private sector innovation to make health information
available in user-friendly formats and enable consumers and providers to
easily and securely access and share electronic health information. In
Phase 1, GCH's online patient-to-provider communications gateway, the
GCH Platform, was recognized as one of the best solutions that allows
consumers to easily and electronically access their health data from
different health care providers using a variety of health IT systems.
Within the past year, GCH has made tremendous progress in achieving its
goal of helping consumers improve health and wellbeing, using its next
generation apps that utilize the real-ime exchange of patient vitals
and health records among physicians, patients, family members and
insurers, including:
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Establishing a Client Services Center in Carmel, Ind. to provide care
coordination, coaching and remote monitoring for GCH users;
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Deploying the GCH Platform to offer a highly-customized health and
wellness program with iOS, Android (News - Alert) and web apps designed to build a
culture of health and drive greater returns for a large retailer with
over 80,0000 employees;
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Delivering the GCH Platform to offer chronic care management with
remote monitoring and enhanced patient engagement for a large Medicaid
Managed Care Organization; and
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Joining the BENEFITFOCUS® Ecosystem, linking the GCH
Platform within the BENEFITFOCUS® Marketplace to allow
employers to offer employees and their families greater control over
their health and wellbeing.
"We are thrilled to recognize new tools that make it easier for
individuals and clinicians to access health information and put it to
use," said Dr. Vindell Washington, national coordinator for health
information technology (IT). "These apps reflect the incredible progress
that is possible as a result of the digital health infrastructure that
the public and private sector have built together over the last eight
years."
"As the healthcare industry continues to leverage its investment in
digital infrastructure, healthcare IT providers like GCH have the unique
opportunity to develop innovative methods of delivering consumer data to
both patients and providers," said Dinesh Sheth, CEO and founder of GCH.
"Patients and their families have waited too long for health information
to be available in an easily understood and actionable format. We
appreciate the ONC breaking down the barriers to innovation and
encouraging the use of HL-7 FHIR standard-based open API to bring data
from major EHR vendors and seamlessly deliver it into the hands of
consumers."
About Green Circle Health Green
Circle Health is the provider of the GCH Platform, a web- and
mobile-based service for employees and their families to store and share
medical records, improve health and wellbeing and lower overall health
care costs. Green Circle Health facilitates remote monitoring,
coordination of care and life style changes through digital and live
coaching to improve outcomes. For more information, visit www.greencirclehealth.com
and follow them on Twitter
and LinkedIn.
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