Communications technology for students and employees to manage their healthcare relationships

Allviant Corporation today announced the launch of its CarePass™ pilot program with Arizona State University to add another tool to the university’s health and wellness communications and services while empowering its employees and students with tools to manage their healthcare relationships. Among the first uses of CarePass at ASU will be the notification and scheduling of flu and H1N1 vaccines, as well as providing appointment reminders, wellness alerts and mobile appointment check-in.

“We have many tools available to communicate to our students, faculty and staff regarding flu and H1N1 vaccines,” said Dr. Allan Markus, Director of ASU Campus Health Services. “We’re happy to leverage the technology of an ASU partner company that began at ASU SkySong to convey vaccine availability and health information to the university population during flu season, especially this year when we’re encouraging seasonal and H1N1 vaccines.”

ASU employees and students can register – free of charge -- to receive CarePass messages via text message or email at http://www.carepass.com/asu. The two-way communications technology allows ASU employees and students to indicate what types of notification they prefer. An example might be notifications relevant for high-risk groups including those who are pregnant, diabetic, immune-suppressed or suffer from a chronic heart, kidney or lung conditions such as asthma. Additionally, the employees and students can select their preferred channel of communication.

“ASU welcomes Allviant’s CarePass technology to provide employees and students with another communication option,” added Markus. “Through CarePass’ interactive email, text messages and automated phone calls, we believe it can help us more effectively manage vaccine distribution for ASU students, faculty and staff.”

“People do everything nowadays on their mobile phone – email, online banking, airline check-ins, etc.,” said Jordan Meyerowitz, a co-founder and the product director at Allviant. “Now ASU employees and students can enjoy the same access, convenience and control of their healthcare relationships through CarePass technology-enabled services. One way that we are making that happen is for students that are seen at ASU’s Campus Health Services. Today, instead of spending time in a waiting room, students can go back to class or grab a coffee until a CarePass text message alerts them that it’s time to be seen. For ASU employees, it will include the ability to opt-in to health and wellness program information and register for those programs right from their mobile devices.”

Meyerowitz added, “We think it’s time for innovative technologies to address the simple problems of access and convenience that are too often barriers to consumer engagement with healthcare. That’s what we designed CarePass to do.”

General availability for CarePass beyond ASU is planned for late 2009, which will include expanded management capabilities for administrative healthcare data, transactions and communications though a personally-defined set of communication mediums including voice, text, and email. 

http://www.carepass.com.