By World-renowned scientist, physician, and philanthropist Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and national leaders in academia and the private sector, today announced a collaborative partnership with the Clinton Foundation's Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) to improve domestic health nationwide. This initiative will target key issues facing healthcare in our nation - coordination and integration of care through the standardization of digital medical records, and improving employee population health and bringing 21st century cancer care to the underserved communities.
NantHealth will deploy its Intelligent Clinical Operating System (iCOS) in two communities - Central Arkansas and the Coachella Valley - that are currently included within CHMI's portfolio of community health transformation areas. Within each community, NantHealth will provide technical resources, clinical expertise, and philanthropic support to implement iCOS. Through this deployment NantHealth will establish a uniform digital standard of health communication to enable integrated health network and coordination of care - allowing patients and providers to securely access actionable health information at the point of care, in the time of need - a next generation Internet for secure health information, transforming complex big data to evidence-based care and a continuously learning healthcare system in America.
The partnership will work with other cutting edge organizations and local experts to develop long term plans designed to measurably improve the health and wellness of individual employees and employee communities. As part of this endeavor, the partnership will develop a comprehensive package of customized well-being practices and will assist large and medium-sized employers in the region with implementation of these practices where appropriate and feasible.
"NantHealth and The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation, has long been committed to transcending traditional healthcare barriers by harnessing the power of innovation, information, and infrastructure," noted Soon-Shiong. "It is a privilege to partner with the Clinton Foundation - an established endorser of actionable innovation - to empower patients and doctors in these underserved regions with instant access to actionable information in time of need, best care at lower cost. Our common goal is to raise the standard of healthcare for all Americans, especially those who are underserved by giving doctors in hard-pressed urban clinics and distant rural offices in Arkansas and the Coachella Valley, the same information and intellectual advantages that providers in the best teaching hospitals have. It is a way to tap the knowledge, the work and the potential now hidden in our system, and make it available to all." He went on to note that "this is just the beginning" of what he hopes will be a long term relationship that will take the partnership to countless other regions in need.
The partnership between NantHealth and the Clinton Health Matter Initiative will also work with other organizations such as Bipartisan Policy Center CEO Council on Health and Innovation and local experts to develop long term plans designed to measurably improve the health and wellness of individual employees and employee communities. As part of this endeavor, the partnership will adopt a comprehensive package of customized well-being practices, to be endorsed and implemented by large and medium-sized employers in the region.
"The partnership between CHMI and NantHealth and the Chan Soon-Shiong Foundation represents a unique opportunity to reduce health disparities in two CHMI communities through solutions that are both scalable and innovative", according to Ginny Ehrlich, CEO of CHMI. "The utilization of a new uniform standard of digital communication and the development of a comprehensive approach to employee well-being will enable this partnership to improve health outcomes at the community level and within targeted employee populations with high health risks."
To follow the conference or listen in on the Health Transformation Panel - to be moderated by President Clinton and include Dr. Soon-Shiong - please visit http://www.clintonfoundation.org/get-involved/take-action/attend-an-event/2014-health-matters-conference. And for more information on the partnership, be sure to return to http://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/initiatives/clinton-health-matters-initiative/commitments/commitments-action for updates.
About NantHealth:
NantHealth is a transformational healthcare IT company converging science and technology through a single integrated clinical platform, to provide actionable health information at the point of care, in the time of need, anywhere, anytime.
NantHealth works to transform clinical delivery with actionable clinical intelligence at the moment of decision, enabling clinical discovery through real-time machine learning systems. The company's technology empowers physicians, patients, payers and researchers to transcend the traditional barriers of today's healthcare system. By converging molecular science, computer science and big data technology the NantHealth intelligent Clinical Operating System (iCOS) platform empowers physicians, patients, and payers to coordinate best care, monitor outcomes and control cost in real time. This is the first operating system of its kind in healthcare that is based on supply chain principles and grid service oriented architecture, that integrates the knowledge base with the delivery system and the payment system, enabling 21st century coordinated care at a lower cost. For more information please visit www.nanthealth.com
About the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation (CSSFF):
The mission of the foundation is to inspire hope and improve lives - to actively invest in innovative visions and partner with individuals and institutions committed to advancements in science, medicine, and the arts. The foundation works hand-in-hand with interdisciplinary organizations to help provide the tools, research, and resources to make these innovative visions and quality of life advancements a reality.
About Clinton Foundation:
The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation convenes businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for women and girls, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change. Because of our work, 20,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 farmers in Malawi have improved their incomes by more than 500 percent; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 6.8 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications; $100 million in strategic investments have been made, impacting the health of 25 million people in the U.S.; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,800 Commitments to Action to improve more than 430 million lives around the world.
The Clinton Health Matters Initiative works to improve the health and well-being of people throughout the United States across all generations.
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