CorSolutions Announces Population Enrollment Figures; Flexible, Health Solutions Manage Hundreds of Thousands of Lives.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BUFFALO GROVE Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2002 CorSolutions Medical, Inc., the nation's leading provider of proactive health intelligence and solutions, is pleased to announce the management of more than 315,000 lives engaged in its programs and more than 14 population management contracts. CorSolutions has grown from a successful high acuity acuity /acu·i·ty/ (ah-ku´i-te) clarity or clearness, especially of vision. a·cu·i·ty n. Sharpness, clearness, and distinctness of perception or vision. platform into a health solutions provider. The company addresses health related problems for more than thirty conditions and hundreds of health related issues based on national practice guidelines practice guidelines Medical practice A set of recommendations for Pt management that identifies a specific or range of range of management strategies. See Peer review organization, Practice standards. Cf 'Cookbook' medicine. . CorSolutions has more than a year of experience with actively enrolled clients in the emerging field of condition management, a large group of acute and chronic diseases that require ongoing supervision and education. CorSolutions engages its patients in one of three convenient ways: over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , on the phone or through the mail. Once enrolled, participants interact with a team of healthcare professionals. CorSolutions has the technology, knowledge and ability to direct and provide personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. care for all program participants. State of the art technology has given CorSolutions the ability to enroll and provide care in excess of 40,000 new patients each month. "We are pleased to have the capability to make our products available and improve the quality of life for so many people," said Richard Vance, MD, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for CorSolutions. "CorSolutions has grown immensely in the care we provide and in the speed of delivery. Much of this can be attributed to the care provided by our primary nurses and the technology offered by CorConnect," reported Vance. CorConnect's sophisticated branching logic streamlines operations, improves communications between all members of the care team, and enables the company's primary care nurses to direct interventions for individual conditions and all related issues, addressing the total health of each participant. About CorSolutions CorSolutions Medical, Inc. is the nation's leading customer-centric health intelligence and solutions company. CorSolutions offers proactive chronic care management services, population-based chronic care management for individuals affected by chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. , congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease n. Abbr. COPD A chronic lung disease, such as asthma or emphysema, in which breathing becomes slowed or forced. , diabetes and asthma. Through telephone consultation, interactive voice response, home visits and the company's interactive patient/member Web site, (www.ecorsolutions.com), CorSolutions' nurses concentrate on stabilizing stabilizing, v to hold a limb motionless in order to ground its energy; a standard isometric resistance technique, it releases tension and lengthens muscle fibers. and improving patients' health and promoting patient satisfaction and quality of life while reducing unnecessary healthcare costs. Using the exclusive MULTIFIT(SM) approach of physician-directed, nurse-mediated, patient-managed care, CorSolutions consistently delivers measurable health improvements and significant cost-savings for its customers. CorSolutions currently has more than 60 contracts representing 40 million commercial and 1.5 million Medicare risk members throughout the country. The company has over 1.1 million months of patient experience. Based in Buffalo Grove, IL, CorSolutions has grown from $5 million in annual revenues in 1995 to approximately $70 million in 2001. For more information, visit the company's corporate Web site at http://www.corsolutions.com |
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