Verizon and Higi to extend community healthcare access and services
15 Novembro 2022 - 9:00AM
Today, Verizon and Higi, a consumer health engagement company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Babylon (NYSE: BBLN) that enables care
delivery via an omnichannel platform inclusive of a connected
network of Smart Health Stations, self-service digital and mobile
tools and clinician-led home monitoring programs, announced their
plans to provide digital health solutions and services that will
extend care access for communities and help support preventative
health, drive literacy, and identify high risk consumers eligible
to be managed via home-based monitoring.
The collaboration will prioritize solution delivery in service
of community healthcare stakeholders seeking to scale digital and
virtual care delivery offerings. Through a combination of Higi’s
home monitoring services and integrating the HIPAA-ready BlueJeans
Telehealth virtual care platform with the Higi Smart Health
Station, historically underserved populations, such as those living
in rural communities and seniors with limited access to
transportation, will have greater access to care—powered by the
Verizon 4G LTE and 5G Ultra Wideband networks.
“The Higi platform provides digital touch points that will
further extend Verizon’s assets across and above the network in
service of better healthcare delivery” said Iris Meijer, SVP of
Business Marketing and Revenue Operations, Verizon Business.
“Together, we’re powering connectivity in places that matter to the
community, by providing home-based access through cellular-enabled
devices and video care delivery enabled by Verizon’s integrated
telehealth tools. This comprehensive suite of health services will
allow us to meet the needs of our customers both where they are and
across their priority focus areas.”
By bundling these core services, Verizon and Higi will help to
improve the digital and virtual care experience through home-based
virtual care delivery and health equity service delivery. The
combined solutions would also help to augment near-site, on-site
and retail clinic after-hours or supplement in locations that do
not have the volume to support a health clinic. Planned joint
service offerings include:
- A reimagined virtual care clinic that pairs
the Higi Smart Health Station blueprint with BlueJeans Telehealth
for a digitally delivered primary care experience available within
a trusted community setting. Services include self-guided body
measurement and health survey collection, as well as the ability to
interface virtually with a provider
- Comprehensive chronic condition management from
home, backed by the Verizon network for reliable
connectivity, provides patients with a dedicated care manager and
health devices to monitor health progress
- Health Equity Services for underserved and
vulnerable populations, including comprehensive remote monitoring
for chronic conditions and digital engagement services to help
determine eligibility and support enrollment for government and
community benefits
Through the Higi platform, consumers can enroll in self-guided
care plans, powered by the American Heart Association®, allowing
participants to identify their own personal health goals and
receive clinically based guidance and support to achieve them.
Additionally, the platform educates consumers and enables personal
risk identification for common chronic conditions, including
hypertension, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, in partnership with the
American Diabetes Association (ADA), and heart attack and stroke in
partnership with the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Through
its 50-state clinical network, Higi delivers clinician-led remote
patient monitoring services for polychronic patients, pairing home
monitoring technology with clinician care managers as part of a
holistic approach to addressing conditions like cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma and COPD.
“Our partnership with Verizon supercharges our platform touch
points in the community and home to meet the needs of healthcare
consumers and stakeholders alike” says Jeff Bennett, CEO of Higi.
“The addition of our station into a trusted community setting,
powered by Verizon connectivity, provides access to primary care
resources on behalf of partners seeking scaled solutions to improve
health literacy, capture health and social data, and effectively
deliver care. Ensuring broadband access delivers on the promise of
telehealth, reduces the burden on the consumers and improves the
ability of providers and health plans to proactively care for their
populations, understand their unique risks and offer the support
needed to address the challenges associated with chronic disease
management.”
Higi and Verizon will participate in the panel “The Evolution of
Care Anywhere - Transformative 'phygital care' use cases” on
November 15 at 12:00 PM PT at the 2022 HLTH conference in Las Vegas
(November 13-17, 2022). Attendees can also demo the virtual care
clinic that pairs Higi’s Next Generation Smart Health Station with
BlueJeans Telehealth at the Verizon booth #2217.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of
technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York
City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
About HigiHigi solves for lack of access to
care by providing an omnichannel digital first platform alongside a
physical presence to assess individuals’ ongoing health risks,
deliver risk appropriate care management solutions, and navigate
individuals to interventions offered by healthcare stakeholders at
scale. We meet consumers where they are via our omnichannel
national network of 7,000 FDA cleared, free to use, community based
Smart Health Stations, web, mobile, email and text tools,
home-based biometric devices, and a nationally based clinical care
team, that together delivers a unique combination of consumer
centered, self-care and virtual care resources. As the centralized,
trusted access point to care, Higi serves as the hub for curating
health resources provided and sponsored by Higi, Retail, Health
Systems, Health Plans and Employers, where consumers can choose
with whom and when they share data to support coordinated care
delivery. To date, more than 61 million people have used a Higi
Station to conduct over 400 million biometric tests.
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Media contact:Erin
Cheevererin.dowling@verizon.com
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