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.
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Caregility, Sterling Heritage, Ironbow and ThunderCat Technology Awarded TeleCare Companion IDIQ Contract by Veterans Affairs
The companies will provide remote patient observation solutions and services to VA Medical Centers and Community Living Centers
EATONTOWN, N.J.,Nov. 30, 2021/PRNewswire/ –Caregility Corporation, in partnership with ThunderCat Technology, Sterling Heritage, and Iron Bow Healthcare, announces the companies have been awarded an IDIQ contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) for the TeleCare Companion Patient Observation Support and Services Program. The contract (valued at $65 million with a base period of one year and four optional years with an additional five optional years) advances VA efforts to leverage telehealth technologies to make it easier for Veterans to connect with VA care teams from home, the clinic, or the hospital.
Under the terms of the program, the companies will provide turnkey remote patient observation solutions and services to the VA Medical Centers (VAMC) and Community Living Centers (CLC), including help desk support, analytic reporting, clinical and technical staff training, ongoing repair, and replacement and maintenance of equipment.
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) Sterling Heritage will serve as primary contractor under the agreement, offering strategic guidance rooted in 20 years of Federal program management expertise. ThunderCat Technology, also an SDVOSB, will offer program and project management and serve as technology provider. Caregility will enable virtual sitting and remote patient observation through purpose-built video-enabled endpoints. Iron Bow Healthcare will provide help desk services to drive clinician and patient adoption and support.
Together, the companies bring extensive technology and implementation expertise and analyst-vetted virtual care solutions to VA telehealth program efforts. Over 100 VA locations nationwide already utilize Caregility’s virtual care platform and video-enabled endpoints. With this new IDIQ contract, VA Medical Centers and Community Living Centers can benefit from remote patient observation solutions that reduce patient safety risks while easily integrating with existing workflows.
“Many Veterans, particularly the elderly and those with disabilities, need more convenient ways to engage in their healthcare journey,” said Caregility President and COO,Mike Brandofino. “Our mission through this collaboration is to enable secure, reliable access to care for every veteran, no matter where they are. We’re mindful of doing this in a way that also drives efficiency for overburdened care teams facing unprecedented challenges. We are grateful for the opportunity to bring innovative remote patient observation services and solutions to these invaluable members of society and their clinicians.”
About Caregility Caregility (caregility.com) is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere through the use of the Caregility Virtual Care Platform. Recognized 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 field, inpatient and outpatient settings.
About Sterling Heritage Sterling Heritage is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that was founded in 2000 by former Federal acquisition and program management professionals for the purpose of helping Federal organizations implement new programs, policies, and improvement initiatives. Today,Sterling Heritage is a leading provider of independent professional services focused exclusively on the business of government. Sterling Heritage provides high-quality, cost effective, and reliable programs that are delivered on time. The combination of project management experience, professional & creative employees, lessons learned, and an energized environment all lead to successful projects. Our clients continuously entrust us with mission-critical work because we understand their missions and the challenges facing Federal Government organizations. This understanding enables us to apply the appropriate processes and technologies to effectively improve their organization’s performance levels.
About Iron Bow Healthcare Iron Bow Healthcare Solutions is at the forefront of digital health transformation and continues to develop, implement, manage, manufacture, and support solutions across the care continuum. Our extensive industry and clinical workflow knowledge combined with technology expertise empower clients to deliver enhanced patient outcomes. We partner closely with our clients from consulting to implementation so they can provide patients better access to care. For more information, visit ironbowhealthcare.com.
About ThunderCat Technology Currently ranked #51 on the Solution Provider 500, the award winning ThunderCat Technology is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that delivers technology products and services to government organizations, educational institutions, and commercial companies. Led by a combat-wounded CEO, ThunderCat is a systems integrator that brings an innovative approach to solving customer problems in and around the datacenter by providing strategies for Data Storage, Networking, Cyber Security, and Cloud Transformations. A proven leader, ThunderCat Technology provides and optimizes technologies from best of breed manufacturers. Clients include DOD, DHS, VA, Treasury, FBI,State of Virginia,State of NY, Sony, VISA, and CareFirst. www.thundercattech.com
Caregility and Stoltenberg Consulting to Streamline Telehealth and Virtual Visit Deployment
Partnership will alleviate demands made on healthcare provider technical staff and IT helpdesks
Eatontown, N.J. and Pittsburgh, P.A. (November 17, 2021) – Caregility, a company dedicated to connecting care for patients everywhere, and Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology consulting firm, today announced a new partnership that will assist healthcare organizations with the onboarding of patient portal and virtual visit solutions by offering 24/7/365 clinically-relevant technical support for hospital staff and patients.
“This partnership will alleviate the difficulties healthcare leadership teams often experience related to virtual visit launches, connecting calls, and encouraging patient portal adoption all while mitigating IT help desk overload,” said Wendy Deibert, SVP of Clinical Solutions. “Stoltenberg’s experienced support analysts have the skill to get the technical aspects of these implementations right the first time, thus driving higher engagement for go-live and beyond.”
This strategic healthcare partnership brings together the Best in KLAS vendors for Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR) and Partial IT Outsourcing, respectively, enabling a premier level of customer support for clinicians and patients across the Caregility platform.
As noted in the recent 2021 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services Report, Caregility’s Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR) leads the market with an overall score 92 out of 100*. Utilized in over 1,000 hospitals across the U.S., Caregility’s secure HIPAA-compliant platform connects patients, family members, interpreters and clinicians for virtual visits, clinical consultations, remote patient monitoring and point-of-care observation.
With three Best in KLAS Partial IT Outsourcing** wins, Stoltenberg’s Tier 1+ Service Desk helps hospitals and health systems make the most of their current IT investments through a more robust service desk experience. Delivering true first-call resolution of clinical and financial application support needs, Stoltenberg’s Tier 1+ Service Desk boosts end-user satisfaction and technology knowledge transfer. With dynamic personalized support, specific EHR system expertise and ITIL methodology, Stoltenberg drives year-over-year health system cost savings and support flexibility to keep up with hospitals’ ever-changing IT environments.
“After the past year’s significant push to telehealth adoption, many healthcare providers are now transitioning from emergency response deployment to long-term strategic telehealth and virtual care utilization,” says Sheri Stoltenberg, founder and CEO of Stoltenberg Consulting. “For lasting alignment with consumer-driven patient expectations, this partnership helps Caregility customers maximize their users’ experience to better support and sustain a more meaningful and efficient virtual care experience.”
About Caregility Caregility (caregility.com) is dedicated to connecting patients and clinicians everywhere through the use of the Caregility Virtual Care Platform. Designated as the #1 2021 Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR), our core offering is a purpose-built ecosystem for the 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.
Today, Caregility supports more than two million video sessions annually and has deployed over 9,000 access point of care systems across the US. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute, residential, and home care, Caregility is helping to transform the delivery of patient care. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn or on Twitter at @caregility.
About Stoltenberg Consulting FlexSourcing, Stoltenberg Consulting’s three-time Best in KLAS Partial IT Outsourcing program, delivers day-one ROI through an on-demand, versatile cross-trained workforce that can scale up at any time. Averaging 15 years of experience, Stoltenberg analysts are skilled in both financial and clinical systems with best practice expertise for Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, NextGen, Allscripts, and eClinicalWorks systems. Through FlexSourcing’s agile program including Tier 1+ service desk, get the most out of your EHR investment. Align flexible IT support with your health system’s evolving needs to curb EHR burnout, boost physician satisfaction and improve the patient experience. To see how Stoltenberg simplifies healthcare technology, visit stoltenberg.com.
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