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Quartet Health wants to make mental health parity a reality.

Doctors have access to all sorts of historical patient records, which help them make diagnoses and referrals. Now they are gaining access to a technology platform that analyzes all of that data to learn if the patient’s physiological symptoms are likely to be associated with―and possibly exacerbated by―a simultaneous mental health condition.

In the medical world, this is called comorbidity. For New York-based startup Quartet Health, it might soon be called a goldmine.

Quartet was launched in early 2014 by Arun Gupta, who at the time was working as a healthcare-focused private equity investor. What he saw was that behavioral health issues kept coming up at some of his firm’s portfolio companies, and that the discipline was rarely being addressed by applying basic technologies. At the same time, Gupta also was serving as an advisor to Palantir Technologies, a secretive Silicon Valley company known for applying big data analytics to seemingly intractable problems.

 

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Steward Health Care Network, the second largest physician network in Massachusetts, will offer Quartet Health’s platform as a service to its providers and their patients.

The multi-year agreement expands the partnership between Steward and Quartet Health that started in 2015.

Boston-based Steward Health Care, a Next Generation ACO,  is the largest integrated community care organization and hospital network in New England, with more than 17,000 employees in more than 150 communities.

Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy joined the board of the New York-based startup last October.

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Des Plaines, Illinois, January 15, 2016 – Chicago Behavioral Hospital, owned by USHealthvest, has opened Extra Mile Veteran Care™, the first specialized private outpatient program in Cook County to be operated by military veteran health practitioners, to address the unique mental health and chemical dependency needs of veterans and their families. More than 700,000 veterans of all generations live in Illinois and more than 25 percent reside in Cook County.

The Extra Mile Veteran Care™ leadership and clinical team, primarily veterans from all foreign wars, focus on evidence-based practices to understand and address mental health and addiction needs. Numerous studies affirm that evidence-based interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mentoring, motivational enhancement therapy, trauma-focused therapy and wellness programs often work best for veterans with mental health and addiction problems.

 

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TraceLink Inc., the world’s largest track and trace network for connecting the Life Sciences supply chain and eliminating counterfeit prescription drugs from the global marketplace, today announced NEXUS ’16—the company’s annual gathering of business leaders and pharmaceutical supply chain professionals dedicated to shaping the future of global drug traceability for Life Sciences. The two-day event will be held on October 19 and 20, at the Revere Hotel Boston, with a special evening event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Registration for NEXUS ’16 is now open, with early purchase discounts available for all tickets sales before June 1, 2016.

 

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TraceLink Inc., the world’s largest track and trace network for connecting the Life Sciences supply chain and eliminating counterfeit prescription drugs from the global marketplace, today announced that its Life Sciences Cloud has exceeded more than 200,000 connected members across the global pharmaceutical supply chain. A single connection to the Life Sciences Cloud allows pharmaceutical manufacturers, CMOs, distributors and dispensers of any size to connect with any trading partner that is already configured on the network and instantly begin sharing documents and data for regulatory compliance. In addition, the company’s 15 commercially available drug traceability solutions are now used by pharmaceutical suppliers in global markets that comprise 75 percent of the world’s drug supply.

“The unique approach we’ve taken with our network model is what sets TraceLink apart, and continues to fuel our success,” said Shabbir Dahod, president and CEO of TraceLink. “Other vendors suggest that on premise systems and single-tenant architectures can address the complex compliance challenges facing the industry, but the reality is that these approaches just can’t scale to meet the serialization processing and data exchange demands of the new regulatory laws. Our track and trace network is proven to accelerate the ability for any pharmaceutical manufacturer, distributor or dispenser to achieve regulatory compliance with the least cost, time and risk—which is why we’ve been able to grow our network from a few thousand suppliers to more than 200,000 in a little over a year.”

 

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Liazon, operator of the industry-leading private benefits exchange for businesses across the U.S., was named a winner of the Fall 2015 Digital Health Awards. Liazon’s flagship product, the Bright Choices^® Exchange, received an award in the “Portal” category, making this the fourth consecutive Digital Health Award the exchange has received. The awards, which are run by the Health Information Resource Center, recognize the nation’s best digital health resources.

Bright Choices helps employers save money on their health care costs by setting predictable budgets while allowing employees to personalize their benefits package with a selection of health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other benefits from top national and regional providers.

 

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Procured Health (Procured) announced today that it achieved record growth in 2015. The four-year-old, Chicago-based company noted that the healthcare industry’s shift towards value-based care and bundled payments was a key driver of its success, and will continue to be in 2016, as more hospitals prepare for the challenges of new payment models based on cost, quality, and outcomes. Procured’s technology-driven solutions empower the buyers and users of medical products to make optimal decisions. Health systems leveraging Procured’s platform have eliminated substantial costs while also improving clinical outcomes.

Clinical supplies, including physician preference items (PPIs), represent the second largest and fastest growing cost category for hospitals. Uninformed decisions in this realm will account for more than $35 billion in wasteful spending in 2016. These wasted dollars are noteworthy not only because they have been largely ignored by most hospitals until now, but also because pursuing evidenced-based savings initiatives in the supply chain impacts quality and patient care—not just the bottom line.

 

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