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Iron Bow Technologies, Partnered with Vivify Health, Awarded $258 Million U.S. Veterans Affairs Home Telehealth Contract
Wed, 02/15/2017 - 16:28 - Laurie Orlov
CHANTILLY, Va. & PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Iron Bow Technologies, a leading technology solutions and services provider, has partnered with Vivify Health, the leading remote patient monitoring platform, to deliver scalable in-home telehealth services. Today, Iron Bow announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded the company the VA Home Telehealth contract valued at over $258 million. The scope of the contract is to improve Veterans access to quality remote healthcare. Iron Bow’s expertise in telehealth and with the VA, along with Vivify Health’s experience with hundreds of hospitals and providers across the U.S., serves as a synergistic best-in-class partnership to deliver under this contractual effort.
The importance of this contract is to deliver a constant level of care to the Veteran constituency through the use of medical devices and virtual visits directly from patient homes to raise the quality of care and standard of living for Veterans throughout the U.S. Utilizing home Telehealth solutions, VA clinicians will be able to continuously monitor and interact with patients, providing the opportunity to educate the Veteran population on various self-care options as well as lower risk of repeat hospitalization
“Iron Bow has supported the VA with its globally recognized telehealth initiatives since 2011,” said Rene LaVigne, CEO and President. “We are honored to receive the continued trust of the VA and to aid in their extremely important mission of providing increased remote access to care for our Veterans.”
“Over the past decade, Iron Bow has been one of the largest solution providers to the VA – supporting its needs on the National, Regional VISN and medical center levels. With Iron Bow as our partner, we have high confidence that we can mutually provide the VA with the best access to continuum care for our U.S. Veterans,” added Eric Rock, CEO and Founder of Vivify Health.
Vivify Health, launched in 2009, was the first organization to deliver integrated remote care and monitoring through consumer electronics, including smart phones and tablets. Since that time, Vivify has continued to scale the platform through many of the largest health systems in the U.S. With Vivify’s proven outcomes and platform scalability, the partnership with Iron Bow is perfectly positioned to assist the VA in efficiently delivering high quality care to our Veterans.
About Iron Bow Technologies
Iron Bow Technologies is a leading IT solution provider dedicated to successfully transforming technology investments into business capabilities for government, commercial and healthcare clients. Our depth of technical expertise, global reach and strategic partnerships with leading OEMs as well as disruptive technology partners uniquely positions Iron Bow to target the right solution to ensure your successful business outcome. We partner with our clients from planning and implementation through ongoing maintenance and management to deliver solutions that are strong, flexible and on target with your mission. Regardless of how your organization consumes technology, Iron Bow can help you innovate.
About Vivify Health
Payer provider collaboration has become critical towards the success of value-based reimbursements. Vivify Health’s mobile digital health platform empowers health plan and provider organizations to automate remote biometric data collection, deliver prescriptive care plans and interact virtually with patients of all levels of technology expertise. Connecting the care continuum to the home, Vivify Health’s customers customize and deliver over 100 disease-specific remote care plans at any time, on any interval and to any digital device. Vivify Health is implemented in contracts representing over 600 hospitals and payer organizations, measurably transforming healthcare costs and outcomes for the better. For more information, visit www.vivifyhealth.com.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017