KLAS Ranks Phytel Highest Among Population Health Management Vendors

Company takes sole possession of "Early Leader" category, beats market average by 10 points

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Dec 11, 2014, 08:11 ET

DALLAS, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A new KLAS report, Population Health Performance: Emerging Market, Emerging Value, released this month, recognizes Phytel as the sole "early leader" in the rapidly expanding market for population health management (PHM) solutions.

KLAS gave Phytel an overall score of 89.8 out of 100, the highest score among all 29 vendors rated and 10 points above the market average. Phytel's emergence as a "clear leader" in the space comes as a result of "quick implementations, deep user deployment, and high provider satisfaction in all performance areas," according to KLAS.

The report marks the second time in two years that Phytel has been recognized as an early leader in the PHM market by KLAS, whose inaugural report on the market (Population Health Management 2013: Scouting the PHM Roster) was released last November.

Additional Phytel-related KLAS findings from this year's report include:

100 percent of Phytel clients interviewed reported tangible benefits and a high number of linked clinics
100 percent of Phytel clients completed their implementations in less than six months
89 percent of Phytel clients interviewed ranked Phytel as the IT solution most valuable to their population health strategy
Recognition as a leader in data aggregation, care management, and patient engagement

"Over the past year we have seen an exponential increase in interest surrounding population health management, especially as healthcare organizations work to make the transition to shared risk and pay-for-performance," said Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel. "As providers continue to pursue the Triple Aim, we are excited that KLAS has recognized Phytel as the sole 'early leader' in this space. We feel it speaks highly to the hard work our team has put in developing our innovative approach to PHM, and to the market leadership of our client organizations."

Phytel Ranks Highest in Key PHM Categories
To compile the report, KLAS interviewed 203 providers at 173 organizations using 29 different products. Interviews focused on comparing the features and functionality of population health management vendors.

Phytel's PHM technology platform had the highest combined rate of customer utilization across all four pillars of population health identified by KLAS – data aggregation, risk stratification, care management, and patient engagement. Importantly, the company tied for the highest average satisfaction rating from providers.

Phytel also was the most mentioned company for guiding customers in effectively managing their general and high-risk patients through "better prevention and care planning," with results that more than doubled the market average.

Another advantage cited frequently by Phytel users was its ability to connect their population health networks to more hospitals and clinics than is possible with most other vendors. KLAS called Phytel a "standout leader" in data aggregation, where Phytel's high level of connections enables clients to draw data from disparate sources, especially the EMR. Data aggregation, an essential first step in population health management, includes aggregating, reconciling, and normalizing patient data from a variety of sources, including inpatient and ambulatory EMRs, provider and payer claims data, lab data, and more.

The report, Population Health Performance: Emerging Market, is available at klasresearch.com/reports.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

About Phytel
The premier company empowering physician-led population health improvement, Phytel provides physicians with proven technology to deliver timely, coordinated care to their patients. Phytel's SaaS-based registry uses evidence-based chronic and preventive care protocols to identify and notify patients due for service, while tracking compliance and measuring quality and financial results. Phytel is the only company to combine care management automation with an advanced patient engagement engine. Phytel is also ISO 9001:2008 certified, confirming adherence to ISO's internationally recognized Total Quality Management (TQM) standards. For more information, please visit www.phytel.com. Follow us on Twitter and find us on Facebook.

Media Contact:
Todd Stein
Amendola Communications for Phytel
916-346-4213
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