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Boston's Renowned Brigham and Women's Hospital Smart Sources Clinical Trial Enrollment Through Care Management International

Posted on: Monday, 19 November 2007, 09:01 CST

Care Management International, Inc., the market innovator in medical management and clinical services smart sourcing, today announced that it will administer the enrollment phase of a Member Outreach clinical trial at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the trial will assess whether education from clinical coaches improves adherence to osteoporosis medication in elderly members who are covered by the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) program. PACE is a state run prescription program for Pennsylvania residents with limited incomes, who are sixty-five years of age and older enrolled in a prescription assistance program.

Care Management International's specific charter is to provide BWH with enrollment services and operational metrics on call summary statistics while gathering demographic data typically not available in the enrollment phase of these projects.

According to Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, Chief, Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology at BWH, "Care Management International was chosen because of its ability to deliver a sophisticated and structured member outreach program while generating a higher caliber of operational data. With Care Management as a valued partner, BWH will be able to reach more participants more quickly and therefore gather more data to help evaluate the effectiveness of this delivery model."

Large national and regional health care organizations have turned to Care Management International for smart sourcing. "Our operational expertise and proven strengths in clinical program management uniquely match the outreach needs for this program. Our approach combines best-in-class human talent with best-in-breed technology to deliver smart sourcing for a variety of different business sectors within healthcare organizations," said Minalkumar Patel, MD, MPH, Chief Executive Officer of Care Management International. "Smart sourcing in healthcare is an emerging approach for the delivery of sophisticated, clinically relevant, global support services. Smart sourcing utilizes highly trained clinical talent as well as the latest technology to help clients improve outcomes, innovate in essential clinical areas, and improve the quality of care experienced by patients."

About Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a 747-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery network. BWH is committed to excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical preeminence dates back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled with its national leadership in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and its dedication to educating and training the next generation of health care professionals. Through investigation and discovery conducted at its Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical and translational research on human diseases, involving more than 800 physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty supported by more than $400M in funding. BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies, including the Nurses' and Physicians' Health Studies and the Women's Health Initiative. For more information about BWH, please visit www.brighamandwomens.org.

About the PACE Program

For the past 23 years, the PACE Program has provided a comprehensive drug benefit and life sustaining medication to over one million Pennsylvanians in need of assistance. Income limits for PACE are $14,500 for single persons and $17,700 for a married couple; for PACENET, the limits are up to $23,500 for single persons and $31,500 for a married couple. Neither program has an asset test. The PACE Program is a qualified state pharmacy assistance program and, as such, provides seamless coverage to fill the Part D gaps encountered by cardholders who are enrolled in Medicare Part D, including deductibles, the doughnut hole phase, drugs excluded under Part D, drugs not found on Part D plan formularies, and differentials between the Part D plan copayments and the PACE and PACENET copayments.

About Care Management International

Care Management International provides a full range of care management support services for healthcare companies seeking to improve outcomes, enhance quality, optimize operational performance and lower costs. Large national and regional healthcare companies turn to Care Management International for smart sourcing, the innovative application of customized clinical programs. Smart sourcing amplifies the efforts of client clinical staff through utilization of globally resourced, highly-trained talent and technologies that save time and allow for around-the-clock staffing flexibility. Care Management International empowers healthcare clients to retain ownership and control of their care management competencies supporting the delivery of quality medical care. Headquartered in Hoboken, NJ, Care Management International can be reached at (201) 420-6686 or via the Internet at www.caremanagementinternational.com.

Source: Business Wire

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