Telehealth Leader Caregility Appoints Kedar Ganta as Chief Product and Engineering Officer
EATONTOWN, NJ, (March 21, 2023) – Caregility, an enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, is pleased to announce Kedar Ganta as the company’s Chief Product and Engineering Officer. In the newly created role, Ganta is responsible for Caregility software products, managing product lifecycle and strategy, technical vision, and product roadmap for the Caregility Cloud™ platform.
Kedar Ganta, Chief Product and Engineering Officer, Caregility
Ganta brings twenty years of senior leadership experience in enterprise-scale and cloud-native applications to his role at Caregility. Previously he served as Head of Product for Global Growth Verticals at Cisco Systems, where he was responsible for driving expansion in healthcare and other industry verticals and oversaw the development of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for frontline workers. Prior to that, Ganta shaped digital product strategy in technical leadership roles at athenahealth, GE Healthcare, and Microsoft.
Ganta has also held roles as Co-Chair, Advisory Council member, and Steering Committee member of the HIMSS EHR Association Standards and Interoperability trade guild, the HL7® FHIR® Argonaut Project, the Sequoia Project, and Carequality to support the adoption of interoperability standards in healthcare. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
“The deep expertise that Kedar brings to this new role will help us continue to drive initiatives and development efforts to keep pace with the incredible growth in adoption we are seeing across existing and new customers,” said Caregility President and COO Mike Brandofino. “Our commitment to continually advancing our platform to meet our customers’ expectations and evolving needs has been a key factor in Caregility’s Best in KLAS recognition for the past three years. We see Kedar playing a pivotal role in carrying that mission forward by ensuring we meet high-quality standards to maintain Caregility’s position as the leading virtual care platform.”
Healthcare organizations are increasingly opting for hybrid care models that bring virtual workflows to bedside care to improve patient safety and engagement as well as reduce pressure on clinical teams. Ganta’s appointment as Chief Product and Engineering Officer amplifies Caregility’s focus on application versatility and reliability as customers look to operationalize telehealth to support clinical use cases across the enterprise.
“Caregility has been a trailblazer in developing clinically driven virtual care solutions that health systems can trust and build on,” said Ganta. “They are the only enterprise telehealth platform that offers a full suite of products and services that meet the needs of the entire care continuum. I look forward to expanding our global footprint while maintaining focus on delivering on the vision of providing scalable, reliable, flexible, and innovative solutions that health systems can depend on for all their virtual care programs.”
Learn more about the Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform at www.caregility.com.
About Caregility Caregility Corporationis dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform. Awarded the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021, 2022, and 2023, Caregility Cloud™ powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA-compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Today Caregility supports more than 1,000 hospitals across over 75 health systems with over five million virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-at-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
Mary Washington Healthcare Partners with Caregility to Pioneer Inpatient Virtual Engagement and Virtual Nursing
EATONTOWN, NJ, and FREDERICKSBURG, VA, (February 14, 2023) – Caregility, an enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, is pleased to announce Mary Washington Healthcare as one of the first organizations to implement its new Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE) solution at Stafford Hospital. The Virginia-based not-for-profit health system will leverage IVE to support a new Virtual Nursing program that will allow Registered Nurses (RNs) working from a virtual nursing hub located on Stafford Hospital’s campus to field patient care tasks that do not require hands-on care using synchronous, video-enabled engagement at the patient bedside.
Building upon the health system’s success with virtual Intensive Care Unit (tele-ICU) support during the pandemic, the Virtual Nursing program aims to improve patient safety and reduce strain on clinicians so bedside RNs can focus on direct patient care and their full scope of practice.
“We see Virtual Nursing as a way to support our commitment to adopting new technologies that keep our clinicians providing leading-edge patient care,” says Debra Marinari, Associate Vice President of Hospital Operations at Mary Washington Healthcare’s Stafford Hospital. “By improving the experience of our care team, we positively impact patient safety and experience.”
To enable remote clinician access, Mary Washington Healthcare is implementing Caregility’s IVE solution and new APS100 telehealth endpoints for lower-acuity patient settings. Powered by the Best-in-KLAS Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform, IVE combines medical-grade telehealth systems, purpose-built virtual observation and consultation applications, and sophisticated device fleet management into an affordable, subscription-based Solution-as-a-Service. The platform integrates with Epic, allowing staff to launch virtual visits within the native electronic health record (EHR) environment.
“Inpatient Virtual Nursing will allow us to leverage technology to implement flexible care delivery models, simultaneously enhancing quality and experience for patients while providing additional support for our bedside caregivers,” says Christopher Newman, MD, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer at Mary Washington Healthcare. “It will also allow us to modernize what patient care looks like while improving our ability to manage variability in day-to-day capacity challenges.”
The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare. Additional efforts include robotics-based support for point-to-point supply management as well as plans to expand hybrid care models that blend in-person and virtual care to urgent care and rural community settings.
The health system is currently in the process of building out its Virtual Nursing hub and infrastructure and is actively seeking candidates to fill several new virtual nurse roles. Candidates are invited to learn more and apply at mwhccareers.com.
“We applaud Mary Washington Healthcare’s commitment to innovation and workforce enablement as a pioneer of Virtual Nursing,” said Pete McLain, Chief Strategy Officer at Caregility. “This team’s efforts rival those of national health systems, many of which are following suit. By making virtual care and engagement accessible in every patient room, healthcare organizations are better equipped to overcome resource challenges and modernize care models.”
Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional medical system that provides inpatient and outpatient care through more than 50 facilities and services including Mary Washington Hospital, a 471-bed regional medical center, and Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital. Mary Washington Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system with a longstanding commitment to provide care regardless of ability to pay. For more information about our services and facilities, please visit www.mwhc.com.
About Caregility Caregility Corporation is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform. Awarded the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021, 2022, and 2023, Caregility Cloud™ powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA-compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Today Caregility supports more than 1,000 hospitals across 75 health systems with over five million virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-at-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
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Caregility Announces Global Expansion, Will Showcase Enterprise Telehealth Solutions at Arab Health 2023
The success of a tele-ICU proof of concept installation at The Ministry of Health’s Seha Virtual Hospital in Saudi Arabia demonstrates the value and opportunity of virtual care and the global viability of the Caregility Cloud™ platform.
EATONTOWN, N.J., Jan. 30, 2023 – Caregility, a US-based enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, is pleased to announce the successful implementation of the Caregility Cloud™ tele-ICU solution at Seha Virtual Hospital. Seha is the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health’s premier virtual care hospital providing more than 30 specialized clinical services to 130 hospitals throughout the Kingdom, including emergency and critical advice, specialty clinics, multidisciplinary committees, medical support services, and home care services.
To date, the Caregility tele-ICU implementation has facilitated approximately 5,000 sessions of remote clinical support from Seha Virtual Hospital to 17 hospitals throughout the Kingdom. Adoption of the tele-ICU program at Seha reflects a global trend of virtual care innovation aimed at mobilizing a broader range of services for hospitals, regardless of geographic location, to improve patient response times and outcomes and reduce pressure on in-person clinical staff.
“Healthcare organizations across the globe are hurting due to challenges related to staffing shortages and patient surge,” said Bob Zimmermann, Vice President of International Business Development at Caregility. “Our mission is to enable reliable virtual care delivery worldwide that universally improves patient access and better supports providers by bringing virtual engagement to bedside care. Seha’s swift onboarding of clinical staff and significant utilization in a short amount of time highlights the clinical and operational capabilities of the Caregility Cloud platform and the ease with which it can be quickly deployed and adopted globally.”
“The Caregility Cloud platform is a secure, flexible, and scalable solution that is easily adapted to address strict data security requirements in any region of the world because of Caregility’s ability to quickly deploy instances in public and private hosting environments including Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, AWS, and GCP,” noted Bin Guan, Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Caregility.
Caregility plans to expand initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and will be exhibiting in the USA Pavilion (booth 52) at the 2023 Arab Health conference hosted by Informa Markets from Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2023, in Dubai. The event, which welcomed over 53,000 attendees from 184 countries in 2022, brings regional and international policy drivers, thought leaders, and healthcare professionals together to address innovation and sustainability in healthcare. Caregility Senior Vice President of Clinical Solutions Wendy Deibert and Vice President of Marketing Bryan Schnepf will co-present the session “Driving Value with Hybrid Care: Enterprise Telehealth Across the Care Continuum” on Tues., Jan. 31, at 15:30 in Transformation Zone P.L10.
Healthcare and media executives attending Arab Health are invited to schedule a meeting with Caregility team members who will be onsite at the event to learn more.
The company also has initiated commercial activities in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to further advance its international expansion strategy as interest in the use of telehealth to support virtual nursing, virtual patient observation, and inpatient virtual engagement continues to grow.
About Caregility Caregility Corporationis dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform. Awarded the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, Caregility Cloud™ powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA-compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Today Caregility supports more than 1,000 hospitals across 75 health systems with over five million virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-at-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
Caregility and Eko Partner to Bring Smart Stethoscope Technology to Award-Winning Enterprise Telehealth Platform
The Caregility Cloud™ and Eko Connect integration addresses virtual care gaps by providing a more comprehensive physical exam experience to care teams and patients
Eatontown, NJ and Oakland, CA – August 18, 2022 – Caregility, an enterprise telehealth platform company, and Eko, the market leader in stethoscopes for telehealth, today announced an integration partnership. Caregility’s cloud platform now seamlessly integrates with Eko’s smart stethoscopes and software, enabling users of Caregility’s iConsult application to perform high-quality auscultation (heart, lung, and other body sounds) on patients during a virtual physical exam.
“Our partnership addresses a key component missing from most virtual exams – auscultation. The ability for care teams to easily and accurately assess a patient’s body sounds in real-time will have a meaningful impact on our hybrid care delivery models, including telenursing, telerounding, tele-ICU, and at-home care,” said Peter McLain, Chief Strategy Officer and SVP of Business Development at Caregility. “Eko’s unparalleled digital stethoscope sound quality and waveform visualization software will build clinician confidence, reduce workflow friction, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.”
This partnership integrates Eko Connect, Eko’s suite of telehealth APIs, with Caregility Cloud™. Caregility’s award-winning telehealth solution now has access to live-streaming stethoscope sounds with real-time phonocardiogram (PCG) and electrocardiogram (ECG)* waveform visualization within a familiar interface. The integration is compatible with Eko’s complete line of smart stethoscopes, including the CORE Digital Stethoscope Attachment, 3M™ Littmann® CORE Digital Stethoscope, and DUO ECG + Digital Stethoscope.
During an iConsult virtual care session, care teams can quickly and easily collaborate to perform a complete stethoscope examination on a patient. Users wirelessly connect an Eko stethoscope directly with a Caregility APS telehealth device or tablet with just one touch. This streamlined workflow eliminates additional workflow complexities and allows the care team to stay within Caregility’s iConsult application to focus on conducting a high-quality virtual visit.
“Caregility and Eko share a mission to provide healthcare professionals and institutions with technologies that enable them to give their patients the best care possible, in-person or remote,” said Jason Bellet, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Eko. “By marrying our Eko Connect solution with Caregility’s virtual care platform, we’re redefining the virtual physical exam experience for hundreds of health systems, thousands of clinicians, and millions of patients.”
Caregility customers and healthcare institutions interested in integrating Eko into the Caregility telehealth platform can attend an educational webinar on August 25. Learn more about the webinar and partnership at ekohealth.com/caregility.
*ECG data available only with the Eko DUO ECG + Digital Stethoscope
About Caregility
Caregility Corporation is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform. Designated as the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, Caregility Cloud™ powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA- compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports more than 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-to-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
About Eko
Eko, a digital health company, is advancing how healthcare professionals detect and monitor heart and lung disease with its innovative suite of digital tools, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Its FDA-cleared platform is used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, allowing them to detect earlier and with higher accuracy, diagnose with more confidence, manage treatment effectively, and ultimately give their patients the best care possible. Eko is headquartered in Oakland, California, with over $125 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Questa Capital, Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, Morningside Technology Ventures Limited, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and others. For more information visit www.ekohealth.com.
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CDW and Caregility Partner to Bring Inpatient Virtual Engagement Solution to Every Bedside
Companies’ innovations in scalable, affordable hybrid care debut at the American Telehealth Association 26th Annual Conference & Expo.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. and EATONTOWN, N.J. – April 29, 2022 –CDW Healthcare (Nasdaq: CDW), the dedicated healthcare organization within CDW and Caregility, an enterprise telehealth market leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, announce a new strategic partnership. The companies have teamed together to expand their virtual care capabilities, including Caregility’s transformative new Inpatient Virtual Engagement solution (IVE), which offers the industry’s first cost-effective option for bedside hybrid care delivery at scale. Inpatient Virtual Engagement will be showcased in the Caregility Booth #1402 at ATA2022 in Boston from May 1-3.
CDW Healthcare serves an established provider base, working with a broad rangeof hospitals and health systems across the U.S., as well as many premier healthcare institutions in the U.K. and Canada. Its wide range of proven solutions and services helps provider organizations to build, refine and grow their virtual care strategy and technology infrastructure – from the hospital to the home.
“Partnering with Caregility brings an innovative new dimension of hybrid care to the inpatient setting. As healthcare providers reimagine the ‘Hospital Room of the Future,’ we’re giving them a brand-new option to help overcome pervasive staff shortages and burnout, ease clinical workflows and improve the experience for every patient in every room and every bed,” says Elliott Wilson, Chief Virtual Care Strategist, CDW Healthcare.
Powered by the award-winning Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform, Caregility’s IVE solution facilitates hybrid care right at the patient bedside and across all acuity settings. It combines medical-grade telehealth endpoints, cloud-based software and sophisticated device management into an affordable, subscription-based Solution as a Service. At IVE’s core are three purpose-built components including the company’s new Access Point of Care System (APS100) for lower acuity patient settings, a first-of-its-kind administration portal to centralize multiple virtual care programs, and a fleet management tool for governing thousands of medical-grade telehealth endpoint devices. Health systems can readily scale up or down from one to all beds, depending on the level of acuity needed.
IVE helps facilitate a breadth of clinical workflows, including virtual specialty coverage, tele-rounding, tele-nursing, and tele-observation to address staffing shortages, streamline patient care, and enhance clinical collaboration. The solution can assist with earlier detection of deteriorating patient conditions, enhancing health systems’ ability to support rapid response aimed at improving patient outcomes. IVE also fits into the growing trend of patient engagement, providing patients with timely access to their clinical team, interpreters and family members to reduce anxiety and speed the recovery process.
“Our partnership with CDW extends the value that we create for our mutual healthcare customers by supporting hybrid care delivery that complements standard inpatient care plans and practices. Together, we aim to help providers improve clinical outcomes, achieve better operational performance and integrate transformative technology solutions into their long-term strategic initiatives,” adds Caregility Chief Strategy Officer Pete McLain.
CDW Healthcare and Caregility will host a live pressroom briefing at the upcoming American Telemedicine Association Annual Conference & Expo in Boston, MA on May 2.
About CDW
CDW Healthcare is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider focused exclusively on serving the healthcare marketplace in North America and the United Kingdom. Working closely with thousands of healthcare organizations nationwide, its customers range from small rural providers to large integrated delivery networks. The dedicated healthcare team leverages the expertise of CDW technology specialists and engineers to deliver best-in-class outcomes across the solutions stack and IT lifecycle. For more information, visit www.CDWG.com/healthcare.
About Caregility Caregility Corporation is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its CaregilityCloud virtual care platform. Designated as the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, CaregilityCloud powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA- compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports more than 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-to-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
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Caregility Launching New Subscription-Based Enterprise Telehealth Solution and Low-Acuity Virtual Care Endpoint at ATA2022
Inpatient Virtual Engagement offers providers transformative telehealth program and device fleet management to support hybrid care delivery at every patient bedside.
EATONTOWN, N.J. – Apr. 27, 2022 –Caregility, an enterprise telehealth market leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, will launch new offerings to enable system-wide telehealth across all inpatient acuity settings at the 2022 American Telemedicine Association conference in Boston, May 1-3. Caregility’s Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE) solution bundles:
Purpose-Built Devices – Secure, medical-grade telehealth Access Point-of-Care Systems (APS) for all patient acuities
APS Fleet Management – Cloud-based fleet management to proactively monitor and remotely support multiple telehealth systems quickly and easily
Telehealth AdministrationPortal – Centralized management, support, and analytics on all telehealth program operations
Solution-as-a-Service – Subscription-based pricing to reduce capital investment with flexible, all-inclusive, pay-as-you-go models
“Inpatient Virtual Engagement offers health systems the industry’s first cost-effective option for bedside hybrid care delivery at scale – every room, every bed, every patient,” explains Caregility President and COO Mike Brandofino. “The key is our Caregility Cloud™ platform and full range of hospital-grade endpoints for all patient acuity levels. Cloud-based fleet management allows us to remotely monitor systems and proactively notify customers on issues to avoid care disruptions.”
IVE extends virtual bedside access across the continuum of care to enhance in-person encounters and elevate the patient and clinician experience. This hybrid care approach enhances clinical collaboration at the bedside, improves patient coverage and safety, and accelerates the speed of clinical intervention.
Enterprise-wide telehealth solutions like IVE create the foundation required to support telenursing models, including but not limited to virtual rounding, virtual observation, and virtual specialty coverage. This maximizes the remote reach of experienced staff, reducing the burden on care teams amid staffing challenges. Patients benefit from improved engagement with their care team, interpreters, and loved ones during their inpatient stay, promoting patient wellbeing and outcomes.
“The use of a single bedside system for multiple virtual care programs maximizes resources, drives efficiency, and keeps things simple for remote clinicians,” said Caregility Chief Strategy Officer Pete McLain. “As health systems prepare for the Hospital Room of the Future, innovations like IVE offer a flexible platform to build on.”
Caregility is also formally launching the APS100 system as a cost-effective solution ideally suited for lower-acuity environments. Originally previewed at HIMSS22, the APS100 joins a fleet of other Caregility APS wall and cart systems that can be matched to the clinical requirements for virtual care delivery at any bedside throughout a health system.
The APS100 will be available for order at ATA2022. The cost-effective, lower-acuity device is currently being piloted at several prominent health systems with initial commercial shipments expected later this summer.
Attending ATA2022? Book your meeting to learn more about the award-winning Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform at booth 1402.
Don’t miss these additional events at ATA:
Mon., May 2, 12:50-1:00 PM, Room 153 (Press Room) – Press members are invited to join Caregility President and COO Mike Brandofino for a press briefing on Inpatient Virtual Engagement.
Mon., May 2, 2:40–3:20 PM, Room 157 – Caregility SVP of Clinical Solutions Wendy Deibert joins leaders from Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, St. Luke’s Health System, and Houston Methodist for an ATA panel discussion on Inpatient Virtual Care in a Post-COVID World.
Booth 1402, each hour of the exhibit throughout the week – Attend our in-booth presentation on Inpatient Virtual Engagement benefits and use cases.
About Caregility Caregility Corporationis dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its CaregilityCloud™virtual care platform. Designated as the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, CaregilityCloud™ powersa purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports more than 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-to-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
Caregility Advances Hybrid Care for Every Patient Bedside: Announcing Inpatient Virtual Engagement Solution at HIMSS22
New low-acuity telehealth video endpoint and subscription-based solution-as-a-service offerings enable affordable inpatient hybrid care delivery at scale.
EATONTOWN, N.J. – Mar. 9, 2022 –Caregility, an enterprise telehealth market leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, announced a transformative integrated clinical solution that complements inpatient care with virtual engagement to enable hybrid care delivery at every patient bedside. At the core of the subscription-based solution-as-a-service (SaaS) are three purpose-built components: the company’s new Access Point of Care System (APS100) for lower acuity patient settings, a first-of-its-kind administration portal to centralize multiple telehealth programs, and a fleet management tool for governing thousands of telehealth endpoint devices. Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE) offers providers the industry’s first cost-effective option for bedside hybrid care delivery at scale – every room, every bed, every patient.
Hybrid care at the patient bedside creates value by increasing the frequency, timeliness, and thoroughness of clinical intervention and engagement while reducing clinical blind spots and potential gaps in care. As healthcare teams grapple with the ongoing staffing crisis, IVE reduces staff burnout by facilitating virtual specialty coverage, tele-rounding, tele-nursing, and tele-observation to enrich patient care and clinical collaboration. IVE enables earlier detection of patient deterioration, enhancing rapid response aimed at improving patient outcomes. IVE also fits into the patient enablement paradigm, providing patients with timely access to their clinical team, interpreters, and family members, to reduce anxiety, improve communication, and speed the recovery process.
“We have only scratched the surface of how virtual engagement can bolster inpatient care delivery,” observed Caregility President and COO Mike Brandofino. “Virtual care kept staff and patients safe during the pandemic, and today is being used to augment the efforts of overburdened care teams. Tele-nursing and the ability to extend satellite or referral telehealth resources into rural and underserved medical communities represent just a couple of ways telehealth can be intelligently deployed to continue driving value in healthcare.”
Recognized by its customers as the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, Caregility Cloud™ found early success in high-acuity inpatient use cases, including tele-ICU and high-risk patient observation. As healthcare providers reimagine the “hospital room of the future,” the demand for video in every room requires reimagining as well. Caregility’s IVE solution combines diversified telehealth endpoints, cloud-based software, and sophisticated device management into a cost-effective SaaS offering. For roughly the cost of a cell phone per month per bed, health systems can support dozens of virtual care workflows without the normal upfront expense associated with inpatient virtual care programs.
“Deploying a multi-purposed, single-access point of care system in every patient room eliminates the need to roll a cart or hand-carry a tablet into rooms for each different telehealth program,” said Caregility Chief Strategy Officer Pete McLain. “That same access point can be used for tele-rounding in the morning, family visits at noon, tele-nursing in the afternoon, and tele-observation at night. The ROI for IVE is achieved through time-saving efficiencies, better patient coverage, and the use of a single system across multiple virtual care programs.”
Attending HIMSS? Book your meeting to explore the Caregility Cloud™ virtual care platform at HIMSS22 booth 3071 in Orlando, Florida, March 14-18, 2022.
About Caregility Designated as the “Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR)” in 2021 and 2022, CaregilityCloud™ powers a purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable, and HIPAA compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports more than 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, hospital-to-home, Caregility connects care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
Caregility Cloud™ Ranked #1 in 2022 Best in KLAS: Virtual Care Platforms (Non-EMR)
Ranking marks second consecutive year Caregility Cloud leads the market, with an overall score of 90.2
Eatontown, N.J. – February 8, 2022 – Caregility, an enterprise telehealth solutions company dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere, announces that its CaregilityCloud™has been named the 2022 Best in KLAS: Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR) by KLAS Research. The prestigious recognition marks the second consecutive year the company has been ranked by its customers as #1 in the non-EMR virtual care platform category. This continued recognition reaffirms the exceptional value created when health systems build their tailored virtual care programs on the company’s Caregility Cloud™ platform.
The 2022 Best in KLAS Software & Services report recognizes the leading vendors for healthcare technology solutions, services, and management consulting offered in the United States. 2022 Best in KLAS designation is determined based on information obtained from evaluations KLAS conducted with healthcare clinicians and professionals in 2021. Caregility customers reported high satisfaction with the Caregility Cloud™ platform,garnering the company a leading overall score of 90.2.
“Each year, thousands of healthcare professionals across the globe take the time to share their voice with KLAS,” said Adam Gale, KLAS CEO. “They know that sharing their perspective helps vendors to improve and helps their peers make better decisions. These conversations are a constant reminder to me of how necessary accurate, honest, and impartial reporting is in the healthcare industry. The Best in KLAS report and the awards it contains set the standard of excellence for software and services firms. Vendors who win the title of Best in KLAS should celebrate and remember that providers now accept only the best from their products and services. The Best in KLAS award serves as a signal to provider and payer organizations that they should expect excellence from the winning vendors.”
“Our 2022 Best in KLAS award reaffirms to the healthcare industry that we are committed partners in the mission to improve patient access and outcomes,” said Caregility CEO Ron Gaboury. “We are humbled to know we have positively impacted the healthcare community, particularly during such trying times. I could not be prouder of what our company and our team has achieved.”
Caregilityis dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with its CaregilityCloud™virtual care platform. Designated as the Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR) in 2021 and 2022, CaregilityCloud™ powersa purpose-built ecosystem of enterprise telehealth solutions across the care continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable and HIPAA compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports more than 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions hosted annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, as well as hospital-to-home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn and Twitter at @caregility.
About KLAS KLAS is a research and insights firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by amplifying the provider’s voice. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data and insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS onTwitter. Learn more onthe KLAS website.
Caregility Secures $25 Million in Additional Funding
Star Mountain expands its investment in Caregility to fuel growth and development initiatives
EATONTOWN, N.J.,Jan. 11, 2022/PRNewswire/ —Caregility, a company dedicated to connecting care wherever patients are with its Caregility virtual care platform, announced that it has secured an additional$25 millionin funding to help accelerate its market growth and innovation. Since receiving an initial investment fromStar Mountainin 2019, Caregility has experienced tremendous growth over the past two years, capturing significant market share and industry recognition. In 2021, Caregility’s virtual care platform was named Best in KLAS (non EMR), won an Inc. Best in Business award and was named one of the best places to work inNew Jersey. The company has seen its customer base expand to more than 87 health systems with its solution used in over 1,300 hospitals. The Caregility platform, which supports their own purpose-built devices as well as standards-based devices, smart phones and tablets, now has over 25,000 endpoints connected to the service with millions of virtual sessions being hosted annually.
“We have accomplished so much with our initial investment,” saidRon Gaboury, CEO of Caregility. “We felt it was time to add additional funds to help us expand our team to support the growing base of customers, accelerate sales to new customers and to allow us to drive innovation that lets us capture more market share within health systems.”
“Star Mountainhas supported Caregility from its inception and we are excited with the performance and growth to date,” commentedBruce Eatroff, Managing Director at Star Mountain Capital. “With the rapid adoption of telehealth being seen in virtually every aspect of patient care, we wanted to make sure Caregility had the resources necessary to support its accelerated growth while maintaining its best in market customer satisfaction.”Brett Hickey, Founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital added, “In addition to helping high quality teams like Caregility create economic value for their employees and shareholders,Star Mountainis also passionate about helping make the world a better and safer place and we are excited to assist Caregility in its aligned mission.”
The additional funding will be used to expand the Caregility team and allow it to continue to drive its growth initiatives across every aspect of virtual care. In addition, the company will further invest in development to accelerate numerous key initiatives that address additional virtual care workflows.This includes a new offering that will revolutionize the industry’s approach to virtual care within the inpatient setting. The new service will enable health systems to quickly deploy a fleet of endpoints without the upfront capital typically associated with healthcare technology solutions. By making it affordable to deploy hybrid care in every room, Caregility will be giving health systems the flexibility to provide a consistent experience across all their virtual care programs without risking healthcare delivery on consumer-grade technology.
“The additional investment fromStar Mountaingives Caregility the financial fuel we need to continue our aggressive growth.This investment will provide us flexibility to pursue and expand our strategic relationships as we grow the company and further develop our market leadership position,” saidMichael Brandofino, President and COO of Caregility.
ABOUT CAREGILITY Caregility (caregility.com) is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere with the Caregility virtual care platform. Designated as the 2021 Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (non-EMR), our core offering is a purpose-built ecosystem for the entire healthcare continuum. Caregility provides secure, reliable and HIPAA compliant audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both acute and ambulatory settings. Caregility supports over 1,300 hospitals across dozens of health systems with millions of virtual care sessions supported annually. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, and in the home, Caregility is connecting care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn or on Twitter at @caregility.
ABOUTSTAR MOUNTAIN With~$2.5 billionin assets under management (as ofDecember 31, 2021),Star Mountaintakes a data-driven approach to investing into the North American lower middle-market through two complementary investment strategies: (i) direct debt and equity investing and (ii) secondaries (acquiring LP interests and direct assets).Star Mountainbelieves these complementary strategies provide scalable and diversified access for its institutional and high-net-worth investors to established small and medium-sized businesses that generally have at least$15 millionin annual revenues.Star Mountain’s100% employee-owned team and Collaborative Ecosystem® provides distinctive value to lower middle-market businesses as a flexible capital solution partner.
Star Mountainbelieves its focus and dedication has been productive for job creation and economic development.Star Mountainis dedicated to this large market of underserved businesses purpose-built to address the challenges and opportunities of these companies. As part of its commitment,Star Mountainhas trademarked Investing in the Growth Engine of America®.
As part of its ESG program (Environmental, Social and Governance),Star Mountain’sCharitable Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 focuses on improving lives through economic development, including job creation, health & wellness and cancer research. Notable missions include helping match veterans and women with high quality small and medium-sized business career opportunities across the country, including within Star Mountain’s portfolio.
Caregility Named to Inc.’s 2021 Best in Business List in Health Services
EATONTOWN, N.J.,Dec. 9, 2021/PRNewswire/ —Caregility, a company dedicated to connecting care for patients everywhere, has been named to Inc.’s 2021 Best in Business list in the Health Services category. The Inc. Best in Business Awards honor companies that have gone above and beyond to make a positive impact in their industry.
The list, which can be found in the Winter issue of Inc. Magazine (on newsstands December 14), recognizes small- and medium-size privately held American businesses that have had an outstanding influence on their communities, their industries, the environment, or society as a whole.
Caregility was recognized for its efforts to help clinicians provide excellent care while keeping staff, visitors, and patients safe throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Those efforts include the introduction of a free app to keep isolated hospital patients connected with family and loved ones, new interpreter service integrations to support health equity in virtual patient engagement, and the launch of a frontline healthcare worker recognition program and annual healthcare scholarship fund.
Scott Omelianuk, Editor-in-Chief of Inc., noted, “What began for us during the pandemic as an effort to showcase companies that were helping the community has grown into a recognition of social, environmental, and economic impact. The companies on this year’s list are changemakers with heart – and they’re pouring the best of their business into the people and communities around them.”
“The past 18 months have brought unprecedented safety and staffing challenges to hospital care teams across the nation. Caregility is honored to play a role in supporting the virtual care needs of patients and healthcare providers,” responded Ron Gaboury, CEO of Caregility. “We are grateful to Inc. for this recognition and our healthcare customers for their partnership and continued efforts.”
Rather than relying on quantitative criteria tied to sales or funding, Inc.’s editors reviewed the companies’ achievements over the past year and noted the extent to which they made a positive difference. They then selected honorees in more than 49 different industries – from finance to software to engineering to fashion, and more – and in age-based and revenue-based categories. The applicant pool was extremely competitive, with around 2,700 entries. Honorees for gold, silver, bronze, and general excellence across industries and categories are featured at inc.com/best-in-business.
About Caregility Caregility (caregility.com) connects patients and clinicians everywhere with the Caregility Virtual Care Platform. Designated as the 2021 Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR), our core offering is a purpose-built ecosystem for the entire healthcare continuum. The Caregility Virtual Care Platform provides secure, reliable, two-way audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
About Inc. Media The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across various channels, including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the Inc. 5000 allows these founders a chance to engage with their peers in an exclusive community with the credibility to help drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
