TROY, Ohio and OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Midwest Extended Care, Inc. (MEC), a locally owned and recognized leader in healthcare services, announced today a strategic partnership with SimplyWell(R) LLC, a provider of Internet-based health risk management solutions to employers and reinsurers. The agreement will allow MEC to offer employers SimplyWell’s Population Health Management (PHM) tools that include an application-based health risk management program that reduces costs through individual health management, education and behavior modification.
Since 1993, MEC has provided a wide range of home care and home health services ranging from high technical nursing to non-medical support home care. As technology developed and entered the home health arena, MEC joined the network of exclusive partners of the HomMed Telehealth Monitoring System. MEC, utilizing the monitor as a tool, provides their clients and family with visual biofeedback that reinforces education and empowerment about the disease process and promotes independence in self-care activities.
“A partnership with SimplyWell is a good fit for MEC. SimplyWell’s philosophy mirrors ours in the sense that health care needs to change to a preventive model instead of a reactive model,” said Donna Householder, Vice- President and owner of MEC. “We’re excited about combining the technology from our HomMed(R) telehealth monitoring device with SimplyWell’s medically based predictive modeling application. The HomMed monitor allows Midwest nurses to provide clinical intervention to patients in the hopes to prevent serious health crises and prevent hospital E.R. admissions. MEC, with SimplyWell and HomMed, will provide the technology, knowledge and clinical expertise to empower customers to make decisions that will lead to better health.”
“With the addition of SimplyWell, Midwest Extended Care covers the full spectrum of care, from preventive and intervention strategies to home health care,” added Michelle Baade, Director of Business Development for SimplyWell. “MEC uses SimplyWell’s medically-based, high-tech, high touch solution to enhance its current offerings and strengthen is position in the market place.”
SimplyWell offers the only fully application-based program, combined with the delivery of disease prevention management services that improves the participant’s health outcomes and reduces associated health and medical costs. SimplyWell’s capabilities in integrating the care of multiple diseases and conditions enhance the outcomes of participants by taking a coordinated, participant-centric approach focusing on individual risks and conditions.
About Midwest Extended Care, Inc.
Based in Troy, Ohio, Midwest Extended Care, Inc. (MEC) is a locally owned and operated company, committed to providing quality, professional health care services specific to individual client needs. MEC is a recognized leader in providing professional expertise, personalized service and local accessibility/accountability. For more information visit its website at: http://www.midwestextendedcare.com/ or contact MEC at 117 S. Market St., Troy, OH 45373 or call 1.937.339.8200.
About SimplyWell
Since its inception in 1998, SimplyWell has dedicated its resources to provide employers and participants with the most comprehensive online health management solutions available. Headquartered in Omaha, Neb., SimplyWell provides intervention services that address the participant’s primary health issues as well as the individual’s associated future health risks. For more information, visit the SimplyWell website at http://www.simplywell.com/ or contact SimplyWell at 4242 Farnam St., Suite 270, Omaha, NE 68131 or call toll-free 1.877.991.9355.
SimplyWell LLC
CONTACT: Jason Wiant for Midwest Extended Care, +1-937-339-8200,jwiant@midwestnursing.org; or Pamela Samuelson for SimplyWell LLC,+1-402-559-3393, psamuelson@nebraskamed.com