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PHILIPS LAUNCHES VIRTUAL CARE PORTFOLIO

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PHILIPS LAUNCHES VIRTUAL CARE PORTFOLIO  

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HME News Staff

Updated 10:13 AM CDT, Mon March 27, 2023

AMSTERDAM – Royal Philips has launched Philips Virtual Care Management, a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services to help health systems, providers, payers and employer groups more meaningfully motivate and deeply connect with patients from virtually anywhere. “Virtual care is paving the way to meaningfully reduce the cost of care through fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits,” said Nick Wilson, general manager, Ambulatory Virtual Care, at Philips. “Care providers and health systems today are often short on time and resources, accelerating the need to find new ways to gain visibility into patients’ health amid an overwhelming variety of options. For patients, the opportunity to understand and take proactive control of their health can potentially lead to improved outcomes.” Philips Virtual Care Management’s condition-specific protocols now include diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as gestational programs for diabetes and hypertension. The company says these protocols combine with connected devices and engagement tools on a secure, interoperable cloud-based platform to deliver rich data and actionable insights that enable timely intervention and workflow efficiencies. Recent studies using Philips Virtual Care Management solutions and services demonstrated positive results, including a 38% average reduction in emergency department visits and an average HbA1c, or blood glucose, reduction of 3.06%.