On March 25th, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and Rx.Health announced a new innovation partnership to develop a digital toolkit with the goal of enhancing patient engagement and promoting digital transformation in the practice of gastroenterology (GI).
SECAUCUS, NJ, March 25, 2019 -- On March 25th, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and Rx.Health announced a new innovation partnership to develop a digital toolkit with the goal of enhancing patient engagement and promoting digital transformation in the practice of gastroenterology (GI). With an international membership of over 16,000 physicians and scientists, the AGA is widely recognized as the leading professional association fostering the science, practice, and advancement of GI. Dissemination of the joint offering will be powered by Rx.Health’s digital prescription platform, RxUniverseTM.
The focus of the partnership will be the development and implementation of a GI-specific toolkit through utilization of the RxStitchTM engine, which takes seemingly disparate digital assets and combines them into a complementary suite of bundled services that enhance patient care outside of the clinical setting. RxStitchTM has already been utilized in successful implementations providing perioperative care and support bundles in specialties such as orthopedics and cardiology to improve patient activation and outcomes, while enhancing throughput and efficiency.
“Extending the application of RxStitchTM to GI was fundamental to our roadmap as we developed the program, and having the AGA as a partner provides the type of professional and clinical validation few associations can offer,” said Andy Pfau, Rx.Health’s Chief Operating Officer. “By combining the AGA’s unparalleled subject matter expertise and eagerness to promote innovation within the field, we will be able to support health systems and ambulatory surgical centers with our full suite of perioperative, evidence-based digital solutions as a plug and play, turnkey solution.”
Representatives from Rx.Health will be promoting the partnership at AGA’s annual Digestive Disease Week®, which runs from May 18-21 in San Diego, CA. Sites interested in being considered in 2019 pioneer cohort can email engage@Rx.Health with their interest.
About the AGA
The American Gastroenterological Association is the trusted voice of the GI community. Founded in 1897, AGA has grown to more than 16,000 members from around the globe who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice and advancement of gastroenterology. The AGA Institute administers the practice, research and educational programs of the organization. www.gastro.org.
About Rx.Health
Rx.Health is changing the way both patients and providers think about digital medicine. A spinoff from the Mount Sinai Health System, Rx.Health’s flagship product, RxUniverse, is the first enterprise-wide Digital Medicine delivery system that enables physicians to prescribe evidence-based mobile health applications, multi-media education, wearables, and therapeutics to patients at the point of care. GI Toolkit will cover major GI diseases and promote patient experience and recall during endoscopy while decreasing no-shows and poor bowel prep through evidence based text-messages and videos. Information on Rx.Health and RxUniverse is available at http://Rx.Health or follow Rx.Health on Twitter @Rx_Health.
