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One of EMOL Health’s partners, the Quality Cancer Care Alliance (QCCA) has announced its intention to become a Clinically Integrated Network (CIN). The board of QCCA voted unanimously in favor of becoming a CIN on a national level, making it the first of its kind in terms of geographic coverage. Through the CIN model, the network will further support its practice members through a robust health information exchange, care coordination and management services, and contracting support that will allow for the development of better methods for delivering improved outcomes in all aspects of cancer care delivery. Read more about the development of QCCA’s CIN inRead More →

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The results of our 2014 Medicaid Quality Initiative in inner city Detroit for Asthma patients have been reported to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). We are excited to share that we decreased emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient admissions. CMS is so pleased with the results, that they have extended our project into 2015.Read More →

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Starting today, as part of a quality improvement initiative with the MSU Institute for Health Policy and several Michigan Medicaid plans, EMOL Health will place over 1000 calls an hour and call more than 800 Medicaid patients a night with asthma in inner city Detroit. We hope to reduce emergency room visits and increase medication adherence through patient education.Read More →

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Emol Health is excited to announce a new project with Apria Healthcare. Apria is the nations largest provider of home healthcare products and services, specializing in the care of chronic illnesses. For the next six months, Apria will be using the PRES Tablet System in respiratory cases to manage patient symptoms, track and benchmark clinicians, and reduce hospital readmissions.Read More →

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Starting in December of 2013, EMOL Health will roll out a new use of our PRES Systems. Working with Stacey A. Duncan-Jackson, MPA, RN, BSN, CCP and Debra Darling, RN, BSN, CCP of the MSU Institute for Health Policy, the PRES Systems will be used for first time outside of oncology. The IHP was recently awarded part of a larger grant from Michigan Medicaid for a new Quality Improvement initiative in adult asthma care. With the PRES System, patients enrolled in the program will have the choice to receive phone calls or mobile text messages for symptom management and to track adherence to medications. TheRead More →

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EMOL Health is excited to begin working with Dr. Erin Sarzynski, M.D., M.S., of Michigan State University. Recently Dr. Sarzynski was awarded grant funding from the Center for Innovation and Research, a collaboration between MSU and Sparrow Health, to create a medication reminder application. This application will combine several of EMOL existing technologies in innovative ways to help patients increase medication adherence and populate a compliance report for physicians. Once fully operational, the application will scan patient medication, automatically populate reminders, track patient adherence, and interface with the existing PRES systems.Read More →

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EMOL Health is proud to announce ground-breaking news on three new collaborations with Michigan State University. Working again with Drs. Barbara and Bill Given, EMOL Health will provide the technology to complete a four-year clinical trial to increase adherence to oral chemotherapy. The system will utilize the PRES IVR system to remind patients to take their medications and refer them to The Symptom Management Toolkit for managing symptoms and medication side effects at-home. This grant is funded by NIH/NCI and includes collaboration with University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and Yale University. In addition to the four-year grant with the Givens, EMOL Health is alsoRead More →

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Over a year ago, EMOL Health starting working with Dr. Mei-Wei Chang, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, on the Mothers In Motion project. The project goal continues to be helping low income mothers who are overweight or obese improve their health by eating well, being active and dealing with stress. The project has been successful not only for the mothers it has helped, but also for EMOL Health as the first large scale test of our patient management system. The centralized hosting at EMOL Health allows recruiters and researchers to access the system securely at sites across Michigan. Over the last year we haveRead More →

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Congratulations to Dr. Sajeel A. Chowdhary (Florida Hospital Neuroscience Institute), Dr. Barbara Ann Given (MSU), Dr. Charles W Given (MSU), Cindy Majeske (MSU), Paul D. Decker (EMOL Health), and Brian D. Decker (EMOL Health) on acceptance of their abstract "Small business technology transfer (STTR) phase I study (1 R41 MD006148-01) of an automated voice response (AVR) system to improve symptom management in neuro-oncology patients". Read the publication here.Read More →