ACO Implements PHM Solution
By Wendy Grafius, contributing writer
Emerald Physicians ACO looks to coordinate care across the continuum and evaluate population health.
Emerald Physicians ACO of Hyannis, MA, has chosen eClinicalWorks Care Coordination Medical Records (CCMR) to advance its physician-led ACO objectives. The implementation is expected to aid in care coordination, population health management, and quality improvement.
Following the ACO delivery model and a participant in the Medicare Shared Services Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Emerald Physicians ACO sought to strengthen the relationship between its patients and healthcare team. The eClinicalWorks solution with its open network enhances coordination between providers, improving the quality of care for Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries while increasing satisfaction and lowering costs.
“Emerald Physicians ACO is making great strides in providing holistic, quality care,” said Girish Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. “eClinicalWorks delivers the top-rated powerful analytics, care coordination, patient engagement, and a referral network. We look forward to working with Emerald Physicians ACO to help them meet the program goals.”
The CCMR solution includes an analytics module with community level dashboard, enabling Emerald Physicians ACO to monitor clinical processes and outcomes in managing population health. “As a primary care-centric ACO, we turned to eClinicalWorks for population health management because of its strong track record in this arena,” said Dr. Cormac Coyle, medical director of Emerald Physicians ACO. “Working with eClinicalWorks will provide the level of insight into our patient populations and care coordination needed to reach our goals.”
Emerald Physicians ACO recently became a member of Cape Cod Healthcare, with two acute care hospitals – 259-bed Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis and 95-bed Falmouth Hospital – and two-time winner of Truven Analytics’ Top 15 Health Systems study. The internal medicine and specialty care practice operates nine locations across Cape Cod with over 150 employees including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and support staff. Serving over 38,000 patients since 1997, the practice offers services in neurology, women’s health, and dermatology, in addition to in-house lab, bone density radiology, pulmonary function test, EKG, joint injection, and home sleep study. A newer service of the progressive medical practice is home visits for patients who are homebound. Active in community organizations throughout the Cape Cod region, Emerald Physicians ACO also provides advocacy and education for its patients.
SOURCE: Business Wire