Partnership established for new Calif. ACO
NantHealth, a NantWorks company, and Blue Shield of California have entered into an exclusive agreement to develop and implement an integrated system for California that will allow doctors, hospitals and health plans to deliver evidence-based care that is more coordinated and personalized.
NantHealth and Blue Shield will work with Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., to establish the first clinically-based "continuous learning center" (CLC) to launch this collaborative as part of a new accountable care organization (ACO) Blue Shield will form with Access Medical Group and Saint John's.
The CLC will provide physicians with a view of all information related to a patient's care, to identify opportunities for intervention before problems occur, to provide wireless monitoring of patients with chronic conditions, to deliver updates on medical best practices, and to monitor clinical outcomes. Using supercomputing systems, fiber networks and fact-based genomic data systems, the CLC will attempt to bring personalized molecular-based medicine to the doctors and patients at Saint John's, according to a release.
NantHealth and Blue Shield will work with Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., to establish the first clinically-based "continuous learning center" (CLC) to launch this collaborative as part of a new accountable care organization (ACO) Blue Shield will form with Access Medical Group and Saint John's.
The CLC will provide physicians with a view of all information related to a patient's care, to identify opportunities for intervention before problems occur, to provide wireless monitoring of patients with chronic conditions, to deliver updates on medical best practices, and to monitor clinical outcomes. Using supercomputing systems, fiber networks and fact-based genomic data systems, the CLC will attempt to bring personalized molecular-based medicine to the doctors and patients at Saint John's, according to a release.
Beth Walsh,
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.