Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) and CareEvolution announced today their
collaboration to make the cFHR™ (collaborative Family Health Record) app
available for Apple Watch. The cFHR™ app, available now as a free
download from the App Store on iPhone, will be one of the first apps
available for Apple Watch at the launch of the device on April 24, 2015.
The cFHR™ Apple Watch app will seamlessly connect consumers to their
health care providers and Anthem’s family of health plans and provide
consumers with actionable health and wellness notifications. The app is
designed to make it convenient and simple for consumers to receive
alerts, review new medical information and manage their health care from
their wrist. Consumers would be notified of suggested preventive
screenings, gaps in disease management and prescription refills, and
potential drug interactions – consider it a tap on the wrist reminder.
“Anthem is investing in the technologies and innovations that will
empower consumers to make more informed health care decisions, provide
them with convenient, intuitive tools and help them take the lead in
their own health and well-being,” said Tim Skeen, vice president
information systems, Marketplace Solutions, Anthem, Inc. “This
collaboration with CareEvolution reinforces Anthem’s commitment to
innovation and showcases how it helps improve how care is delivered and
how benefits are administered.”
With more than 37 million customers in Anthem’s family of companies,
Anthem has the scale and footprint to significantly impact how Americans
track and manage their health and well-being. The cFHR™ Apple Watch app
provides a more complete health picture for consumers and will enable
them to live healthier lives.
“The industry is at a crossroads where consumers and technology are
intersecting to create a new paradigm for managed health care. Consumers
want autonomy over their health choices and wearable technologies are
making that increasingly possible,” said Thomas Miller, senior vice
president and CIO, Anthem, Inc. “Anthem is committed to developing
innovative solutions and partnerships that deliver the empowerment and
value consumers are looking for.”
The cFHR™ Watch App works seamlessly with the existing Apple HealthKit
enabled iPhone cFHR™ app to give providers and consumers access to their
medical history in one unified record. By leveraging Apple HealthKit,
the cFHR™ platform enables care managers access to consumer health,
fitness and diet information.
CareEvolution will be previewing the new application this week at the
Interoperability Showcase at the HIMSS 2015 conference in Chicago,
Illinois.
About Anthem, Inc.
Anthem is working to transform health care with trusted and caring
solutions. Our health plan companies deliver quality products and
services that give their members access to the care they need. With more
than 68 million people served by its affiliated companies, including
more than 37 million enrolled in its family of health plans, Anthem is
one of the nation’s leading health benefits companies. For more
information about Anthem’s family of companies, please visit www.antheminc.com/companies.
About CareEvolution, Inc.
CareEvolution is a leading provider of secure interoperability
solutions. HIEBus™, our health information exchange (HIE) technology
platform is a robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to enable
heterogeneous underlying legacy health IT applications to “share”
clinical information in a secure, reliable, and incremental manner.
Distinct component such as Identity Management, Record Location,
Clinical Data Integration, Audit & Log, Data Persistence, Visualization,
Terminology, and Data Mining may be adopted piecemeal or as a
comprehensive technology platform. Mobile and desktop application for
consumer engagement, provider collaboration, research warehouses,
analytics and care management are available as modules integrated with
HIEBus™. For more information please visit www.careevolution.com.
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