Phytel, the leader in physician-led health improvement, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers (MACHC) have formed a strategic partnership under which MACHC will support utilization of Phytel's population health management tools by its member community health centers in Maryland and Delaware. Phytel's Proactive Patient Outreach solution will serve as a vehicle to help MACHC members improve patient outcomes, build patient-centered medical homes, and show meaningful use of their electronic health records so they can qualify for government financial incentives.
“We are gratified that MACHC has chosen to offer Phytel to its members, which provides essential health services in many communities”
"Our relationship with Phytel will help us provide our health centers the tools that they need to automate patient engagement and improve outcomes," said Miguel McInnis, CEO of MACHC. "Phytel's proven ability to reach out and reconnect with patients for recommended preventive or chronic care is crucial to our members as they strive to create patient-centered medical homes."
MACHC, a 29-year-old membership organization based in Lanham, Maryland, provides community development services, technical assistance and training, as well as policy development and advocacy to its community health centers that serve about 265,000 patients. Baltimore Medical System Inc., a MACHC member that operates six community health centers in Baltimore, has been using Phytel's Proactive Patient Outreach solution successfully for several years.
All of MACHC's members have EHRs in various stages of implementation, McInnis noted, and several health centers participate in a patient-centered medical home pilot sponsored by the state of Maryland.
"We are gratified that MACHC has chosen to offer Phytel to its members, which provides essential health services in many communities," commented Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel. "We look forward to a strong partnership in providing our population health solutions to more community health centers in the mid-Atlantic market."