May 12, 2008
VERMEDX® Technology to Support San Antonio Diabetes Management Program
Vermont Clinical Decision Support, LLC, today announced that the company has been selected by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) to provide central elements of its patented Vermedx® technology to assist in the city’s diabetes intervention pilot program.
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February, 14 2008
VDIS recognized by National Business Coalition on Health
The Vermedx Diabetes Information System (VDIS) was recently recognized by the National Business Coalition on Health's Community Health Value Collaborative (www.nbch.org/chvc) for its successful program of diabetes care. The coalition's website contains a comprehensive collection of models, tools, site experience and links for the improvement of diabetes prevention and care at the community level. VDIS has the largest number of participating diabetic patients among the programs described, is the only one to be provider-initiated, and is the only one to be evaluated in a formal, randomized, clinical trial. Please see http://www.nbch.org/CHVC/summaries/vermont.cfm for more details on VDIS as an important part of this program.
May 8, 2007
VERMEDX® Technology to Support New York City Diabetes Management Program
Vermont Clinical Decision Support, LLC, today announced that the company has been selected by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of the City of New York to provide central elements of its patented VERMEDX® technology to assist in the City's Diabetes Intervention Pilot Program.
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March 15, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine Study Reveals Major Problems in Identifying the Primary Care Provider.
An evaluation of millions of Medicare claims showed that in a single year, patients see a median of two primary care physicians and five specialists, collectively working in four different practices. Deciding which physician is "in charge" of the patient for care management, quality improvement, or pay-for-performance (P4P) programs is extremely difficult. None of several methods employed by the authors allowed them to assign a high percentage of patients to providers in a valid and meaningful way. The Vermedx (TM) Diabetes Information System uses a proprietary method to overcome these barriers and reliably assigns patients with diabetes to the provider who truly manages the patient's long-term diabetes care.
Pham, Hoangmai H., Schrag, Deborah, O'Malley, Ann S., Wu, Beny, Bach, Peter B.
Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for Performance
New England Journal of Medicine 2007 356: 1130-1139.
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January 31, 2007
One in Eight Adults in the City Has Diabetes, a NYC DOH Study Finds.
The study, released on January 30, 2007 by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, shows that almost one-third of those who have diabetes are unaware of it, as are many of those with prediabetes, or abnormally high blood sugar. That means they are not working to control the ailment and fend off devastating consequences like heart disease, kidney failure, blindness and amputation.
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May 29, 2006
Diabetes-tracking software startup spins out of UVM
Vermont Clinical Decision Support LLC filed its business license last week, said CEO Benjamin Littenberg. Littenberg is also a University of Vermont professor of medicine who collaborated with partners to launch a test results tracking system for hospitals and doctors offices. The company will give doctors and their patients a new way to track and manage diabetes.
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February 9, 2006
VDIS as a model for NYC Diabetes System
In a recent New England Journal of Medicine article on the reporting of diabetic patients in NY City the VDIS system is noted as the model for New York City's over 800,000 diabetic patients.
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January 11, 2006
New York City makes Diabetes a Reportable Disease
New York City is starting to monitor the blood sugar levels of its diabetic residents, marking the first time any health department in the United States has begun tracking people with a chronic disease.
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