Story Well being, Saint Luke's Mid America Coronary heart Institute companion for AFib program

Kansas Metropolis-based Saint Luke’s Mid America Coronary heart Institute is partnering with digital specialty care firm Story Well being to co-develop an atrial fibrillation (AFib) program for the well being system’s sufferers. 

This system, which will probably be rolled out within the coming months, will embody options for optimizing therapy, corresponding to life-style suggestions, monitoring or adjusting drugs, and figuring out people who might profit from procedures like ablation. 

California-based Story Well being coaches will even be accessible for sufferers between visits, and the platform will gather well being knowledge and combine it into the well being system’s EHR  for medical resolution assist.  

“Our complete digital well being program was developed hand-in-hand with the famend consultants at Saint Luke’s, integrating compassionate coaches with cutting-edge know-how to empower clinicians to function on the high of their license and maximize their influence,” Story Well being CEO and cofounder Tom Stanis instructed Our blogNews in an electronic mail. “By the AFib program, we purpose to not solely enhance affected person outcomes but in addition alleviate the burden on clinicians so no affected person is left behind of their care journey.”

THE LARGER TREND

Final yr, Story Well being partnered with West Virginia College’s Coronary heart and Vascular Institute to supply coaches who might collaborate with the well being system’s clinicians to supply affected person monitoring and engagement, in addition to medical assist. 

The specialty care supplier additionally partnered with Intermountain Well being (previously Intermountain Healthcare) to supply its EHR know-how to the well being system’s suppliers and help them in managing coronary heart failure sufferers outdoors the medical setting. 

In 2022, the corporate secured $22.6 million in Sequence A funding, a yr after launching with $4 million in seed funding. 

Different corporations within the coronary heart well being area embody digital cardiac and lung illness well being startup Eko Well being, tech-enabled coronary heart illness detection firm CardioSignal, cardiology care platform CardioOne constructed by Redesign Well being and Ultromics, maker of an AI-supported cardiac resolution assist device.