Dossia, the open-source personal health record service developed by a group of Fortune 500 employers, announced Monday that the Dossia Health Management System has been deployed at six of its founding member companies – leading to sharp uptick in patient engagement.
Dossia is a nonprofit organization consisting of several large U.S. companies seeking to help their employees to make more informed decisions about their healthcare. The Dossia Founders group includes AT&T, Applied Materials, BP America, Cardinal Health, Intel, NantWorks, Pitney Bowes, sanofi-aventis, Vanguard Health Systems and Walmart.
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Since deploying the Dossia Health Manager beginning in mid-September, Dossia has seen a significant increase in engagement among its user population, officials say. With the availability of new and innovative capabilities, there has been a 30 percent increase in unique monthly users, along with a 42 percent increase in the sharing of records with family members, providers and other healthcare professionals. Additionally, daily log-in activity has increased by more than 20 percent.
Included in the Dossia Health Management System is the Dossia Health Marketplace, where users are able to personalize their Dossia accounts. In the Health Marketplace, users can find health applications and integrated devices that target the user’s individual health needs. With a user’s consent, Dossia’s intelligent platform is also able to suggest tools and content based on the information that enters a user’s record.
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Dossia further augments the value of these solutions by adding a layer of game and social dynamics, incentives and messaging in order to foster sustained user engagement, behavior change and value to employers, officials say. "The Dossia Health Management System leverages the power of comprehensive, person-centric health data, aggregated over time and across care settings from multiple sources, including clinical (medical and dental), wellness and medical devices, insurance claims and self-entered.
“Unlike other platforms on the market, the Dossia Health Manager solution addresses a user’s health holistically, allowing users to manage everything from their medical care and wellness, including diet and exercise, to their healthcare finances,” said Dossia’s CEO Mike Critelli. “The Dossia Health Management System has the unique ability to customize a user’s experience and suggest content and tools based on that user’s current health conditions, which serves to engage all types of members of a user population, rather than simply those that are already focused on their health and well-being.”
