Alere Medical to Provide Disease Management Services to Paramount Health Care.RENO, Nev. -- Alere(R) Medical Inc., the leader in integrating objective and subjective data to provide patient care management and remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a services, announced today that it will provide heart failure management services to Paramount Health Care, a subsidiary of ProMedica Health System ProMedica Health System is a non-profit health care system with locations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. The system includes a health education and research center, health maintenance organization, nursing homes, a local business network of private practices, . Alere Medical will provide its Alere Home Monitoring Program, which integrates in-home monitoring, nurse interaction and patient education services, for Paramount's heart failure patients and their treating physicians. Alere Medical delivers proven results by integrating empirical and subjective data in programs that improve the health of patients with heart failure, reducing avoidable hospitalizations. Paramount, a member of ProMedica Health System, offers a wide variety of health care products in 26 counties in northwest Ohio Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio. This area borders Lake Erie, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana. Some areas in northwestern Ohio are also considered the Black Swamp area. and southeast Michigan Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries, and is home to slightly over half the state's population. . Paramount is the largest health plan based in northwest Ohio, with more than 197,000 members and a network of more than 1,900 physicians and 34 hospitals. "We believe that patient compliance is of the utmost importance for a successful disease management program," said Neeraj Kanwal, M.D., Paramount's chief medical officer. "We chose Alere based on the simplicity and effectiveness of their program, and their success elsewhere in the country." "We were impressed with Paramount's thoroughness in evaluating and selecting Alere, and we feel it is a testament to their level of commitment to their members," said Tim Moore For other uses, see Tim and Moore (surname). People called Tim Moore include:
The Alere Home Monitoring Program works by placing its patented DayLink(R) monitor in a patient's home to track objective and symptomatic information on the patient, such as daily weight and shortness of breath Shortness of Breath Definition Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, is a feeling of difficult or labored breathing that is out of proportion to the patient's level of physical activity. . Using the patient's regular phone line, the information is transmitted automatically to Alere's proprietary database attended by cardiac-trained nurses. The nurses analyze trends that may indicate a change in the patient's health status, contact the patient to review their condition and, if indicated, notify the treating physician. The Alere program's daily monitoring allows for real-time nurse-provided education at the point when a patient needs it most. It reinforces the connection between behavior, symptoms and hospitalizations. About Alere Medical Inc. Alere Medical Inc. is a leader in remote monitoring services that provide physicians with empirical, actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. information to enhance patient management. Alere Medical has received NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there Patient Oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. Full Accreditation for its Heart Failure Disease Management Program (2004-2007), and is also ranked No. 64 on the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest-growing private companies (2004). As the first company to monitor daily weights and symptoms reported by patients from their homes, Alere provides a unique combination of at-home monitoring, nursing assessment, and patient education. Their connecting, caring, and empowering approach helps patients adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. their treatment plan, while providing physicians with objective, practical information. This results in positive clinical outcomes, greatly reduced hospitalizations, and substantial cost savings. For more information visit www.alere.com or call 775-829-8885. |
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