Healthcall, LLC - An advanced system of information management and communications technologies designed to provide better, more informed communication between patients and their healthcare providers.

Every day, the growing epidemic of chronic diseases continues to escalate and further burden our constrained healthcare budget, while stressing a limited healthcare staff.

Managing chronic diseases by closely monitoring the patient's key signs and symptoms has proven to greatly increase the patient's quality of life and life expectancy.

HealthCall supports preventive care objectives and successfully encourages patients to take an active role in managing their own care. The solution has demonstrated decreased readmission rates (72% reduction), increased medication compliance (90% compliance), increased ancillary revenue (500% increase), and promoted positive self-care behaviors.

The HealthCall® solution provides enhanced risk prediction, detection of high-risk traits, and predicted response to treatments.

The automated patient responseTM technology interacts directly with patients to collect current and relevant information that is conveyed in a standards-based methodology. This seamless interaction between the patient and the healthcare provider, results in:

• Earlier recognition of impending crises
• Reduced demands upon professional staff through management by exception
• Reduced healthcare system consumption

Published Studies

In a recent study, HealthCall™ was used to monitor weight and self-reported signs and symptoms. When weight and/or symptoms are outside of pre-set limits, the heart failure plan is readjusted. 282 patients diagnosed with HF were included in this analysis. 158 (86 male/71 female) were enrolled in the monitoring program, and 124 (71 male/53 female) patients received standard care from their physician. The mean age of both groups was between 74 and 75. Age, baseline ejection fraction, and baseline brain natriuretic peptide were not significantly different (p>0.10). Prescribed beta blocker and diuretic were also similar between the two groups (p>0.05). Patient monitoring resulted in a 72% (56.5% vs. 15.8%) reduction in readmission rates.

Another study involved 91 (53 male/38 female) high-risk heart failure patients, with an average age of 75. Readmission rates and length of stay were obtained from hospital records. Comparing the 12 months prior to enrollment in the program, patient monitored demonstrated a 77% reduction in hospital readmissions. Heart-failure-only readmissions were reduced by 72%, length of stay was reduced by 30%, resulting in a 64% reduction in patient days.

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