SoloHealth Announces Cleveland Clinic Wellness Collaboration, Changes Company Name to Pursuant Health
SoloHealth introduces new employer health and wellness platform; achieves engagement rates as high as 91% for employees and 70% for spouses
ATLANTA, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SoloHealth®, a health and wellness company, announced today a new collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Wellness Enterprise, a subsidiary of Cleveland Clinic. SoloHealth also announced that effective immediately it will rename the company Pursuant Health (www.pursuanthealth.com) to better align with the company's mission of engaging individuals to manage their health and improve outcomes. Since late 2012, SoloHealth has performed over 73 million health screenings through its national network of 3,600 FDA-cleared, HIPAA-compliant self-service kiosks. The kiosks are conveniently located within major retail pharmacies, worksites and hospitals within 10 miles of 79% of the U.S. population.
Using insights gathered from consumer engagements and behavioral change experts from Cleveland Clinic Wellness, the company has developed a highly-convenient and clinically-valid health and wellness platform delivered through health kiosks, mobile access points and online. The company now offers a comprehensive solution including health risk assessments, coaching, incentive management, challenges and an integrated lab screening network, all supplemented by non-invasive biometric data collected from the kiosks. Initial employer wellness programs delivered through this platform have achieved engagement rates as high as 91% for employees and 70% for spouses, proving that the high engagement levels the company achieves with publicly-available kiosks carry over to workplace wellness programs.
"We are excited to partner with Cleveland Clinic Wellness to bring our collective health and wellness programs to market, with new offerings for employers and health systems, in addition to our traditional focus on consumers. Cleveland Clinic Wellness offers industry-leading coaching and behavioral change expertise that, coupled with the national SoloHealth engagement network, creates a unique health and wellness offering that is already used by over 3 million people per month," said Larry Gerdes, CEO of Pursuant Health (formerly SoloHealth). "Many health and wellness programs struggle with low engagement rates and a lack of clinical validity. Our engagement platform, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Wellness, provides a highly-effective solution."
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to reach and support many individuals towards healthier living through our actionable, clinically-developed, web-based programs focused on nutrition, resilience and physical activity improvement," states Joe Sweet, Director of Operations and Business Development for Cleveland Clinic Wellness Enterprise. "Working with established partners to distribute educational content and programs is important to our mission."
The decision to change the company name from SoloHealth to Pursuant Health represents a more refined focus to develop programs that help individuals improve their health and self-manage chronic conditions. With the unique opportunity to educate millions of consumers each month, the company felt a responsibility to work with a leading clinical partner to develop content and evidence-based programs that improve outcomes outside of kiosk engagements. The SoloHealth brand will be fully-transitioned to Pursuant Health by the end of 2015. The company continues to offer leading consumer advertising products in partnership with consumer product brands and major retailers. To learn more about the Pursuant Health platform, please visit www.pursuanthealth.com or call 770-622-4158.
About Pursuant Health (formerly SoloHealth): Based in Atlanta, Georgia, SoloHealth's purpose is to engage individuals to manage their health and improve outcomes. We accomplish this by providing a unique platform that allows the capture and integration of health related data. In summer 2010, the company received a $1.2M grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help enable innovation for self-service healthcare and prevention. In 2012, following FDA-Clearance as a Class II Medical Device, SoloHealth introduced its next-generation interactive kiosk, offering vision, blood pressure, pulse, weight, symptom checking, body mass index and overall health assessments. The company's bilingual kiosks improve outcomes by not only providing convenient health screenings, but also by giving users recommendations for follow-up care. Strategic investors and partners include Outerwall Inc. (owner of the Redbox, ecoATM and Coinstar brands), Walter Huff (founder of HBOC) and Anthem. For more information, please visit www.pursuanthealth.com.
About Cleveland Clinic Wellness Enterprise: The goal of Cleveland Clinic Wellness, based in Lyndhurst, Ohio, is to minimize the physical, emotional and economic costs of illness through health and wellness services and education. Cleveland Clinic has a strong history of leadership in the wellness sphere. As a top ranked healthcare institution, Cleveland Clinic has consistently sought to shift the national focus from providing "sick" care to promoting wellness. From designating its entire health system smoke free on July 4, 2005, to no longer hiring smokers as of Sept. 1, 2007, banning trans-fats from its menus and appointing the country's first Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic is dedicated to creating a healthier environment for its employees, patients and community. For more information, please visit www.ClevelandClinicWellness.com.
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