Intermountain expands digital heart health program
Becker's Healthcare September 11, 2024
Salt Lake City based-Intermountain Health has expanded its heart failure program in partnership with digital health company Story Health.
The expansion follows the partnership’s successful pilot program that incorporated virtual and asynchronous care into heart failure treatment, according to an Aug. 20 news release from Intermountain.
“[The] care model provides a new avenue for patient connection,” Kaley Graham, BSN, RN, executive director of Intermountain Health’s heart and vascular program, told Becker’s. She called the approach “catered and customized.”
Story Health’s platform allows physicians to provide telehealth appointments and monitor patients remotely within a virtual application, making patient interaction more frequent compared to the periodic care patients receive in a clinical setting.
“The platform enables timely communication and feedback, which...