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                        <title>Intermountain Health expande su asociación nacional con Story Health para mejorar los resultados de los pacientes cardíacos</title>
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                        <guid>https://news.intermountainhealth.org/intermountain-health-expande-su-asociacion-nacional-con-story-health-para-mejorar-los-resultados-de-los-pacientes-cardiacos/</guid><pp:caseid>656085</pp:caseid><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://content.presspage.com/uploads/2804/32ed5c8b-9f08-45d8-9045-3f710bfd917c/1920_hearthealthyimage.png?10000"><p><span style="padding:0in;"><strong>CUPERTINO, California y SALT LAKE CITY: </strong>Intermountain Health, uno de los mejores sistemas de salud nacionales sin fines de lucro, anunció hoy la expansión de su relación con Story Health, una empresa de salud digital que transforma la prestación de la atención de especialidad y aumentará el acceso de los pacientes a la atención cardiológica reconocida a nivel nacional de Intermountain en todo el sistema de salud.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">La expansión es la continuación de un programa piloto exitoso, lanzado en enero de 2023 por Intermountain y Story Health, dedicado a pacientes con un diagnóstico reciente de insuficiencia cardíaca.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">La insuficiencia cardíaca tiene una prevalencia y un costo en crecimiento, que se espera que crezca más del 25&nbsp;% en 2030, con un costo que se espera que supere la marca de los $30&nbsp;mil millones.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Aunque hay grandes desafíos, existe evidencia clara que demuestra que la administración de terapias médicas para este sector de la población puede reducir la morbilidad, disminuir las hospitalizaciones y mejorar la calidad de vida de manera significativa.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">En específico, proporcionar a los pacientes medicamentos optimizados, conocido como Terapia médica dirigida por guías (GDMT, por sus siglas en inglés), mostró un aumento en la expectativa de vida de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca de hasta cinco años y una posibilidad de reducir las hospitalizaciones en un 70&nbsp;por ciento.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Al usar el programa de Story Health, el cual utiliza un modelo de atención virtual y asincrónico, los pacientes de Intermountain Health inscriptos en el programa piloto experimentaron una mejora clínica significativa, incluso un mayor logro de la optimización de medicamentos (GDMT), con un 80&nbsp;% de los cambios de medicamentos realizados sin tener que ir a una clínica.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Además, hubo un índice de readmisión muy bajo a lo largo del programa (14,5&nbsp;% frente a un 18&nbsp;% de promedio a nivel nacional).&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;"><strong>Los resultados de la implementación incluyeron:</strong></span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">• Altos niveles de participación y pacientes que recomiendan la experiencia, evidenciado por un índice de participación de siete días del 91&nbsp;% y un Índice de promotor neto (NPS, por sus siglas en inglés) de 86.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">• Mejora significativa de los puntajes de calidad de vida, medida por los cuestionarios KCCQ.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">• Recuperación de la función cardíaca del 20&nbsp;% de los pacientes.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">• Liberación de un promedio de tres horarios de citas médicas en las clínicas por cada paciente inscripto, lo que aumentó el acceso y mejoró la eficiencia general de la clínica.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Juntos, Intermountain y Story Health, demostraron que pueden lograr mejores resultados para los pacientes; una importante revelación que prueba el valor de expandir las relaciones y proporciona un modelo para tratar otras condiciones médicas complejas en el futuro.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">“Intermountain ha sido por mucho tiempo un pionero en el desarrollo de modelos de atención para tratar poblaciones de pacientes complejos. Sin embargo, debemos seguir cerrando los huecos restantes en la atención para realmente proporcionar el mejor tipo de atención cardiológica posible”, dijo Kaley Graham, directora ejecutiva del galardonado programa clínico cardíaco y vascular de Intermountain Health. “Luego de mostrar resultados exitosos durante el programa piloto, estamos seguros de que Story Health complementa y mejora el trabajo que hacemos en la clínica para tratar condiciones cardíacas en un entorno de pacientes ambulatorios”.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Además de la expansión del programa de insuficiencia cardíaca, la asociación de Intermountain y Story Health se ha expandido para poder incluir a los pacientes hipertensos.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Lanzado en abril de 2024, el programa piloto de hipertensión pretende aumentar la cantidad de pacientes hipertensos de Intermountain que alcanzan niveles controlados de presión arterial.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">“Con frecuencia, los sistemas de salud enfrentan desafíos a la hora de lograr planes de tratamiento óptimo para pacientes cardiológicos, debido a que dependen de visitas frecuentes a la clínica. Las cuentas no dan los resultados esperados, ni para los pacientes ni para las clínicas; las clínicas solo tienen un determinado número de citas médicas disponibles y visitar la clínica con frecuencia es imposible para muchos pacientes, en especial aquellos que experimentan barreras sociales o se encuentran en lugares rurales”, dijo Tom Stanis, director general y cofundador de Story Health. “El gran alcance y la diversidad de entornos de atención de Intermountain son la prueba perfecta de que, si trabajamos juntos podemos llevar a cabo un programa que tenga un impacto material en los pacientes y mejore la eficiencia clínica”.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">Tanto Intermountain como Story Health están comprometidos con la excelencia y eficiencia clínica, y planean continuar midiendo los resultados de la colaboración expandida con el paso del tiempo. Intermountain presentó un afiche con los&nbsp;</span><a href="https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com/?d=storyhealth.com&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RvcnloZWFsdGguY29tL25ld3MvdG9wLXRlbi1wb3N0ZXItYXQtYWNjLWN2LXN1bW1pdA==&p=m&i=NjQyZTAxNWNhMjU0OTYxNzU2ZTc0MTIz&t=Q2pFWjQ2SEJqVWlEQiszWmhhVy9mblFpWEwyVm1PYStHSUxBanVLQUhPRT0=&h=a2e21b839e1540aa8213e67b5d43502a&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVb1F7tO5p07oGvtQDWFslIhZ_7Vzd0a86efwWVy4fggJg" target="_blank"><span style="padding:0in;">resultados del programa piloto de insuficiencia cardíaca</span></a><span style="padding:0in;">&nbsp;en el ACC CV Summit que se llevó a cabo en Washington, DC, en febrero de 2024 y fue designado uno de los diez mejores afiches.</span></p><p><span style="padding:0in;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ###</span></p>]]></description><category><![CDATA[Spanish News Releases,Story Health,Heart Care,Heart Failure]]></category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
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                        <title>Intermountain Health Expands Partnership with Story Health to Improve Outcomes for Heart Patients</title>
                        <link>https://news.intermountainhealth.org/intermountain-health-expands-partnership-with-story-health-to-improve-outcomes-for-heart-patients/</link>
                        <guid>https://news.intermountainhealth.org/intermountain-health-expands-partnership-with-story-health-to-improve-outcomes-for-heart-patients/</guid><pp:caseid>655442</pp:caseid><pp:boilerplate><![CDATA[<p><span><strong>‍About Intermountain Health</strong></span></p><p><span>Headquartered in Utah with locations in six states and additional operations across the western U.S.,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://intermountainhealth.org/"><span>Intermountain Health</span></a><span>&nbsp;is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, medical groups with some 4,600 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plans division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span><strong>About Story Health</strong></span></p><p><span>Story Health is a healthcare technology company that is re-imagining complex care management, virtual care delivery, and patient navigation. With a technology-enabled and human-powered approach, Story Health is on a mission to transform each patient’s care journey by enabling clinicians and institutions to implement and scale continuous specialty care delivery to every patient with heart disease, leaving no patient behind. Story Health works with many of the most prestigious health systems across the country, including ChristianaCare, Intermountain Health and West Virginia University in addition to many leading at-risk providers. For more information, please visit&nbsp;StoryHealth.com.</span></p>]]></pp:boilerplate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://content.presspage.com/uploads/2804/41acf000-b14a-41f6-a2cd-fd07719f4a0a/1920_healthyheart.png?10000"><p><span>Intermountain Health, one of the nation’s premier not-for-profit health systems, today announced an expanded relationship with Story Health, a digital health company transforming specialty care delivery, that will increase patient access to Intermountain’s nationally-recognized cardiology care across the health system.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>The expansion follows a highly successful pilot program launched by Intermountain and Story Health in January 2023 for patients with a new heart failure diagnosis.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Heart failure is an increasingly prevalent and costly that is expected to grow by more than 25% by 2030, with a price tag that is expected to eclipse the $30 billion mark.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>While there are enormous challenges, clear evidence demonstrates that the management of medical therapies for this population can significantly reduce morbidity, reduce hospitalizations, and improve quality of life.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Specifically, getting patients on optimized medication, known as guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT), has been shown to increase life expectancy of heart failure patients up to five years and can reduce hospitalizations by more than 70 percent.</span></p><p><span>Using Story Health’s program, which utilizes a virtual and asynchronous care model, Intermountain Health patients enrolled in the pilot program experienced a significant clinical improvement, including an increase in achieving medication optimization (GDMT) – with 80% of those medication changes handled without a clinic visit.</span></p><p><span>Additionally, there was a very low readmission rate over the course of the program (14.5% vs. 18% national average).&nbsp;</span></p><p><span><strong>Results from the implementation included:</strong></span></p><p><span>• High engagement levels with patients recommending the experience, as evidenced by a seven-day engagement rate of 91% and an 86 net promoter score (NPS).</span></p><p><span>• Significant improvement in quality-of-life scores, as measured by KCCQ surveys.</span></p><p><span>• 20% of patients experienced recovery of heart function.</span></p><p><span>• The program was able to free up an average of three clinic appointment slots for every enrolled patient, which increased access and improved overall clinic efficiency.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Together, Intermountain and Story Health demonstrated that they could deliver better patient outcomes – a key insight that both proves the value of expanding the relationship and provides a blueprint for how other complex conditions may be treated in the future.</span></p><p><span>“Intermountain has long been a leader in developing innovative models of care for treating complex patient populations. However, we need to continue to close remaining gaps in care to truly deliver best-in-class cardiology care,” said Kaley Graham, executive director of Intermountain Health’s award-winning heart and vascular clinical program. “After demonstrating successful results during our pilot program, we are confident Story Health complements and enhances the work we do in the clinic to support cardiac conditions in the outpatient setting.”</span></p><p><span>In addition to the expansion of the heart failure program, the Intermountain and Story Health partnership has expanded to include patients with hypertension.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Launched in April 2024, the hypertension pilot aims to improve the number of Intermountain hypertension patients achieving controlled blood pressure levels.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>“Health systems often face challenges achieving optimal treatment plans for cardiology patients because of the reliance on frequent clinic visits. The math doesn’t work for the patients or the clinics - clinics only have so many appointment slots available, and frequent visits aren’t possible for many patients, especially those experiencing social barriers or in rural locations,” said Tom Stanis, chief executive officer and co-founder of Story Health. “Intermountain’s wide reach and diversity of care settings provides the perfect test case to show that, when working together, we can execute a program that drives material patient impacts and improves clinic efficiency.”</span></p><p><span>Intermountain and Story Health are both committed to clinical excellence and efficiency and are planning to continue measuring the results of the expanded collaboration over time. Intermountain presented a poster with the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.storyhealth.com/news/top-ten-poster-at-acc-cv-summit"><span>results from the pilot heart failure program</span></a><span>&nbsp;at the ACC CV Summit held in Washington, DC, in February 2024, earning a Top Ten poster designation.</span></p><p><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ###</span></p>]]></description><category><![CDATA[Intermountain Health,Story Health,Heart Care,Heart Failure]]></category>
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