A health IT company backed by Oak Investment Partners and Maverick Capital has launched a platform aimed at improving radiology workflow to help them large practices work more efficiently and minimize errors.
Candescent Health’s RadPerform platform integrates with hospital EMRs and PACS systems and organizes the radiologists work in an intuitive, efficient way, according to emailed responses to questions put to CEO and founder Scott Seidelmann.
He described the platform this way:
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“It reduces productivity pressures while advancing clinical excellence. It includes a blend of cloud-based software, personal service, and data analytics, giving radiologists the support they deserve to meet personal, professional, and institutional goals.”
Among the other parts of the platform:
- Determining what subspecialty expertise is required for each image and
directing it to the correct radiologist; - Eliminating unnecessary imaging;
- Help manage utilization by analyzing ordering clinician patterns;
- Allowing radiologists to collaborate with clinicians;
- Ensure the right tests are ordered in the right setting;
- Improve productivity by analyzing current trends and setting appropriate goals.
Asked who its target customer is, Seidelmann said it focuses on large practices with subspecialties but which lack the systems and support to deliver care with a high compliance to standards.
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“We enable them to measure and improve numerous clinical and financial metrics that improve the health and well-being of their patients and institutions. Ultimately, we will enable them to grow their practices to new markets.”
The company’s approach is the latest of example of health IT companies that see the shift to outcomes based care as something that will drive physician practices to adopt platforms aimed at maximizing the number of patients they can handle without undermining the quality of care.
athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush is on the board of directors. He said in a statement: “Candescent Health promises to be one of the disruptors of an industry staid for too long. Radiology is one segment of many in health care that must be transformed. I look forward to witnessing the results of Candescent’s reimagined radiology care delivery model.”
Seidelmann previously founded and led Radisphere, a national radiology group that employs over 120 radiologists with 60 facilities in 23 states. In January, Sheridan Healthcare —the physician division of AmSurg Corp. — acquired the business. Merge Healthcare acquired another radiology company Seidelmann cofounded — RIS Logic. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Frank Seidelmann, a radiologist, also worked at Radisphere.
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