Geneia President Heather Lavoie Discusses Innovation In Health Care

MANCHESTER, N.H., April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneia President Heather Lavoie will present at Thursday's Business and Industry of New Hampshire Innovations in Health Care: Emerging Efforts to Deliver Quality, Affordable Care luncheon event at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH. Lavoie will be joined by Dr. Rick Phelps, President & COO, Elliot Health System, and Dr. Sarah Pletcher, Medical Director of Dartmouth Hitchcock's Center for Telehealth.

"The advent of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes has everyone in health care talking about population health management – that is, the process of strategically and proactively managing clinical and financial indicators to enhance patient engagement, reduce costs, and improve health outcomes," said Heather Lavoie. "At Geneia, we create products at the intersection of personalized and population health management. Together, our solutions identify who needs our help, exactly when they need it, and what they need to improve their health based on personalized plans developed by our clinical team."

As President of Geneia, Lavoie has overseen the launch and ongoing management of products including MyCare Guide, Geneia@home, and The Geneia Institute. In Thursday's presentation, she will discuss how Geneia's products help health care organizations transform the way they deliver care and better serve their patients. She also will highlight a number of New Hampshire initiatives at the leading edge of accountability for cost and quality performance.

ABOUT GENEIA
Geneia is a health care innovations company specializing in the development and deployment of clinical, analytic, and technical solutions for health care. Our staff has significant experience in all aspects of health care and includes 100 nurses and physicians as well as dietitians, social workers, and health educators. We develop, acquire, and market leapfrogging technologies to improve the cost of health care, and the health of the people we serve. Geneia helps hospitals, physicians, health plans, brokers, employers, and their employees succeed in the post health care reform environment. For more information, visit www.geneia.com.

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