HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RightCare announced today that Hartford HealthCare (HHC), Connecticut’s premier health care network, will utilize RightCare’s full suite of software exclusively throughout its entire health care network to help improve quality of care for patients and reduce readmission rates.
RightCare will help streamline Hartford HealthCare’s continuum of care and enable case managers to better meet the individual care needs of patients through a unique, tri-module software that is designed to assess patient risk at the time of admission, ensure the appropriate care plan is in place and seamlessly transition patient information to post-acute care providers. This integration positions Hartford HealthCare as a leader of next generation, integrated health systems marked by strong patient focus, heightened efficiency, consistent quality performance and collaborative sharing of best practices.
“Our primary goal is to offer our patients the highest-quality care, which includes seamless transitions from one level of care to another,” said James Cardon, MD, FACC, CEO, Integrated Care Partners and EVP & Chief Clinical Integration Officer at Hartford HealthCare. “RightCare’s software offers the complex end-to-end solution that will help us better help our patients. By integrating this solution, coordinating care throughout our health care system becomes more streamlined and efficient.”
“HHC is one of the nation’s leading health care systems, and we’re elated to be working with such a reputable system who shares our goal of improving the patient experience throughout the continuum of care,” said Eric Heil, RightCare co-founder, President & CEO. “By utilizing our software, HHC will be well-equipped to offer patients a personalized level of care and drastically improve outcomes.”
RightCare is a medical technology company built on one fundamental goal: helping providers improve the continuum of care. It’s the only medical software focused on healthcare transitions using a unique algorithm based on 10 years of clinical and academic research that enables continuous point-of-care decision support, optimizes workflow, and dramatically improves post-acute care transitions.
About RightCare
RightCare is a pioneering Philadelphia, PA-based medical technology company that helps hospitals and health systems reduce readmissions and optimize post-acute care delivery. Our RightCare software assesses risk and needs for all patients at admission, recommends the right level of post-acute care and applicable community-based services, and seamlessly refers and transitions critical information to the selected post-acute care providers. The company’s proprietary technology, Discharge Decision Support System (D2S2), which was developed through a decade of research conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, provides the most academic, innovative and predictive software for risk stratifying any patient at admission and utilizes evidence-based technology to optimize care transitions. It is the only medical software focused on healthcare transitions using a unique algorithm that enables continuous point-of-care decision support, optimizes workflow, and dramatically improves post-acute care transitions. For more information, please visit www.RightCareSolutions.com or follow-us on Twitter at @TeamRightCare to find out more.
About Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare (HHC) is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. The HHC system includes Hartford Hospital; The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare and VNA of Central Connecticut, which provide visiting nurse services throughout the state; Clinical Laboratory Partners with locations statewide; Hartford Medical Group; MidState Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled nursing facilities; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital.
