Ōmcare Appoints Healthcare Industry Veteran Martha Goldberg Aronson to its Board in preparation for scale
MINNEAPOLIS, November 19, 2024 -- Today Ōmcare announced the appointment of Martha Goldberg Aronson to its Board of Directors. Martha is a distinguished healthcare industry leader with over 25 years of experience who brings extensive expertise in scaling medical device businesses.
"Martha's appointment to our board comes at a critical inflection point for Ōmcare as we prepare to scale," said Lisa Lavin, CEO of Ōmcare. "Martha’s proven ability to guide companies through rapid expansion while maintaining operational excellence makes her an ideal addition to our board. We look forward to benefiting from Martha’s leadership and expertise as we continue to revolutionize medication adherence and remote care delivery."
Ms. Goldberg Aronson currently serves as Chair of the Board for ConMed Corporation and comes with extensive board experience in medical technology. She has held executive leadership positions at several leading healthcare companies including Medtronic, Hill-Rom and Ecolab. During her tenure at Medtronic, she led the business unit that successfully launched the InterStim sacral neuromodulation device, demonstrating her ability to bring innovative medical technologies to market and scale operations effectively.
"I'm honored to join Ōmcare's Board of Directors at this important juncture," said Ms. Goldberg Aronson. "As our population continues to age, medication non-adherence and our caregiver shortage become even more pressing challenges. Ōmcare's innovative technology platform addresses these critical issues and supports an individual’s wellness and independence. I look forward to working alongside the board and management team to help scale this transformative platform and create meaningful impact for healthcare providers, patients, and their families.”
Ōmcare and PharMerica Team Up to Provide the Comprehensive Last Mile Solution to Tackle Medication Non-Adherence
- Ōmcare will integrate with PharMerica's full-service home delivery pharmacy and proprietary pharmacy information system for seamless medication dispense by the Ōmcare Home Health Hub® platform, bridging a critical gap in the healthcare sector's ability to ensure right medication, right time, right person.
- The integrated solution serves as a platform for new, more efficient service models for senior care and home health operators at a critical juncture for the healthcare industry as more and more Americans are not only living longer, but doing so at time when access to caregivers is falling and seniors are dealing with an increasing number of chronic conditions.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ōmcare today announced that it is collaborating with PharMerica to deliver a comprehensive last mile solution to address medication non-adherence, a problem that costs the healthcare industry in excess of $500 billion a year. Approximately 40% of hospital admissions stem from issues related to medication non-adherence as do 150,000 deaths each year. The novel alliance between Ōmcare and PharMerica will empower clinicians with better visibility into how patients are actually using the medications they have been prescribed.
Ōmcare's at-home telehealth platform will integrate with PharMerica's pharmacy fulfillment capabilities and proprietary pre-packaging technology to deliver one-touch access to caregivers, remote patient monitoring and medication dispensing with visual adherence confirmation. Unlike current industry practices in which clinicians, absent the on-site presence of a caregiver, have little to no indication that medications are in fact being properly administered, this novel approach will not only deliver the prescribed medications but ensure that the right medications are dispensed to the right person and taken at the right time.
"For far too long, clinicians have not had adequate visibility into how the medications they prescribe to their patients – particularly among seniors – are being taken, especially when they are living independently," remarked Lisa Lavin, the CEO of Ōmcare. "This alliance with PharMerica will revolutionize the way in which we think about end-to-end pharmacy. It will equip clinicians with a valuable tool to ensure that prescribed medications are being administered in the way they were intended while giving family the peace of mind that comes when knowing that loved ones are getting the right meds at the right time."
Traditionally, pharmacies deliver prescribed medications to patients and it is usually up to them or their caregivers to ensure that they are taking the right medications, the right dosages, and at the right time. Up until now, this last mile in medication administration has been rife with challenges as many patients – particularly senior populations – struggle to manage often complex medication requirements.
"Today's announcement of our alliance with Ōmcare marks the next phase in our efforts to transform the pharmacy landscape, specifically addressing that critical last mile into private homes and senior living, ensuring that medication is being effectively administered precisely as clinicians intended," said T.J. Griffin, the Chief Clinical Officer of PharMerica. "The Ōmcare Home Health Hub's ability to monitor and validate medication dose-level adherence sets a new bar in the industry and is the perfect value-add complement to our existing suite of solutions."
"We believe that this synergy between our two companies offers a glimpse into a not-so-distant future when medication non-adherence becomes a far more manageable issue," added Griffin.
Medication nonadherence is one of the biggest problems in healthcare with over 50% of all medications prescribed are taken incorrectly or not at all. And although the challenges related to medication adherence exist in every age group, the issue is particularly acute among aging populations who, due to skyrocketing healthcare costs and other systemic factors, are aging at home longer than in previous generations. With 11,000 people turning 65 every day in the United States, the size of this cohort is projected to more than double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060, at which point seniors will account for nearly 1 in 4 Americans. Moreover, as many as 4 in 10 older adults take 5 or more prescriptions on a daily basis and nearly 20% are taking 10 drugs or more.
The Ōmcare Home Health Hub is commercially available through senior care and home care providers to bring existing telehealth infrastructure and services into the home to improve health, reduce cost, increase member engagement, and elevate patient experience.
About Ōmcare
Ōmcare is a digital health technology company that is Changing the way the world cares® for the aging and complex chronic condition population. Ōmcare has pioneered an all-in-one, integrated home health platform that enables rapid deployment of a home care strategy with one-touch access to telehealth services, aggregated remote patient monitoring and medication dispensing with visual confirmation of dose-level medication adherence. The Ōmcare Home Health Hub® enables a "phygital care" model by serving as a portal for health care providers to maintain patient health and independence while reducing the cost of care.
Ōmcare is an AARP Innovation Labs portfolio company, was recognized as one of the "top innovations" by the New York Observer and has been heralded by the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge as one of most innovative startups serving North America focused on solutions for health organizations. To learn more, visit www.Omcare.com/contact-us-providers/ or www.Omcare.com.
About PharMerica
PharMerica is a leading provider of institutional, community- and home-based pharmacy services. The company serves the long-term care, senior living, hospital, home infusion, hospice, behavioral, specialty and oncology pharmacy markets. PharMerica operates over 180 long-term care, home infusion, and specialty pharmacies in 50 states. PharMerica is a customer- and patient-focused organization serving health care providers, such as skilled nursing facilities, senior living communities, and hospitals, as well as individuals with behavioral needs, individuals with infusion therapy needs, seniors receiving in-home care, and patients with cancer. The company provides highly reliable, accurate medication delivery and support services to approximately 350,000 individuals a day with unmatched service reliability, cost containment solutions, and clinical, regulatory and educational support for its clients and their residents and patients. For more information, visit www.pharmerica.com.
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WDIO Feature: New telehealth solution called Ōmcare Home Health Hub is aimed at helping people live independently for longer
A beautiful apartment overlooking Lake Superior is a treasured place for many at Ecumen Lakeshore in Duluth.
People want to live independently longer. But one thing that can get in the way is the complication of taking multiple medications.
Lisa Lavin, founder of Ōmcare, was inspired to do this after watching her beloved grandmother fade away in a way that didn’t allow her the respect that she deserved.
So after years of research and development, including starting with a device that dispensed pet treats, they’ve launched the Ōmcare Home Health Hub.
Lavin explained, “We’ve directly connected with the pharmacy data system. They will fill your meds in a pouch format, which is delivered to your home. And then it’s put in your health hub. You can use the smart assistance, which is digital reminders for you. Or caregiver assistance, which is when someone will call you through the hub to remind you to take the meds.”
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Ōmcare Collaborates with Leading Senior Care Providers to Change Care Models for the Aging Population
- Ōmcare is launching an all-in-one technology platform to extend the reach of caregivers into the home and enable remote medication assistance that promises dose-level medication adherence.
- Ōmcare is collaborating with senior care providers, like Minnesota-based Ecumen and Ohio-based Continental Senior Communities, to accelerate their home care strategy. The new solution is entering the market at a critical juncture for the healthcare industry as more aging Americans are living longer with increasing chronic conditions and wanting to age in place at home, but doing so at a time when access to caregivers is falling.
- Ōmcare has integrated directly with national pharmacy information systems, allowing for seamless home delivery of medication for dispense and visual confirmation of adherence by the Ōmcare Home Health Hub®. This bridges a critical gap in the healthcare sector's ability to ensure the right medication, at the right time, for the right person.
[Minneapolis, October 24, 2023]. Today, Ōmcare announced that it is launching the Ōmcare Home Health Hub®, an all-in-one, customizable home health platform that allows care providers to extend care into the home via a secure infrastructure with one-touch access to telehealth services, aggregated remote patient monitoring, and medication dispensing with visual confirmation of dose-level medication adherence.
"Ōmcare exists due to the rapidly aging population; high rate of medication nonadherence; a shortage of family and professional caregivers; continued increase in health care costs; the need for in-home care and aging in place;" remarked Lisa Lavin, the CEO of Ōmcare. "Ōmcare opens up the home as a legitimate site of care by creating an all-in-one, easy-to-use solution with a comprehensive suite of capabilities required for remote care."
Ōmcare allows health care and senior care organizations to rapidly deploy a home care strategy while simultaneously customizing the provider and patient experience to fit their brand. The product's accessible architecture also allows for the integration of provider and consumer tools aimed at:
- Addressing the increasingly complex care needs of the Over 65 and dual populations.
- Delivering a platform that allows for tailored customization of current chronic and acute solutions.
- Extending caregiver reach and efficiency.
- Promising right medication, right time, right person.
To support a seamless consumer experience, Ōmcare integrates directly with pharmacy information systems enabling Ōmcare Home Health Hub users to know their medication schedule and receive timely alerts and medication assistance events. This integration delivers a comprehensive last-mile solution to address medication non-adherence, a problem that costs the healthcare industry more than $500 billion a year. More than 33% of hospital readmissions result from medication non-adherence as do 150,000 deaths each year. The novel relationship between Ōmcare, pharmacy and senior care providers is the first of its kind that will increase patient access to the care they need and empower clinicians with better visibility into whether or not patients are adhering to the medications they have been prescribed.
Medication adherence among older adults with chronic conditions taking multiple medications can be hindered by forgetfulness, the complexity of regimens, functional status, and other factors. Non-adherence is a leading driver of hospitalization and loss of independence. For senior care providers like Ecumen and Continental Senior Communities—the Ōmcare Home Health Hub serves as a portal for new services that help people maintain independence in their homes longer.
"Medication administration is one of the care needs that cause people to move into higher levels of care. Keeping residents in the lowest level of care and the highest degree of independence is critical for improved lifestyle, longevity and cost-effectiveness," said Eleanor Alvarez, Board Chair of Continental Senior Communities and CEO of LeaderStat. "The Ōmcare Home Health Hub's ability to provide remote care and ensure medication adherence sets a new bar in the industry and aligns with our innovation mindset."
"People are most comfortable when they are living where they want to live. Ecumen is dedicated to creating a home for older adults, wherever they choose to live," said Brett Anderson, Chief Ecosystem and Operating Officer of Ecumen. "We help them do that through innovations like the Ōmcare Home Health Hub, which helps residents maintain greater independence longer."
The Ōmcare Home Health Hub offering is available now through select senior care providers to bring telehealth services into the home to improve outcomes, reduce cost, increase member engagement, and elevate patient experience. For updates on the Ōmcare Home Health Hub, visit www.omcare.com.
About Ōmcare
Ōmcare is a digital health company pioneering a customizable, all-in-one home health platform that allows healthcare organizations to extend care into the home via a secure telehealth infrastructure with one-touch access to telehealth services, aggregated remote patient monitoring and medication dispensing with visual confirmation of dose-level medication adherence. Ōmcare is an AARP Innovation Labs portfolio company. It was recognized as one of the "top innovations" by the New York Observer and has been heralded by the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge as one of the most innovative startups serving North America focused on solutions for health organizations. To learn more, visit www.Omcare.com/contact-us-providers/.
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Ōmcare selected as a 10 Most Innovative Digital Therapeutics Companies of 2022 by Insights Care
Omcare: Enabling One-Touch Access to Healthcare and Dose-Level Medication Adherence
What is the best thing to do for yourself or your loved ones when going through illness?
The only correct answer is CARE! People are most comfortable when they are in their own place of comfort. When illness occurs, individuals’ first instinct is to instantly check it with healthcare professionals for proper diagnosis and medical assistance.
For various reasons, going to healthcare or medical care centre is not always a viable option. In such a situation, a digital healthcare solution can prove to be a great sigh of relief.
A remote digital care solution provider company, Ōmcare, came into existence to provide effective healthcare services for you and your loved ones from the comfort of your home.
Based in Minneapolis, Ōmcare is a digital health company that aims to change the way the world cares by extending the reach of caregivers, increasing medication adherence, and improving treatment outcomes through the power of remote care and two-way video technology. By partnering with pharmacies, payers, providers, and family caregivers, Ōmcare strives to help people live healthier, more vibrant, independent lives and reduce healthcare costs.
Dedicated to providing one-touch access to various healthcare needs of the people is Ōmcare’s Founder and CEO, Lisa Lavin.
Let’s dive into the story of Ōmcare in its ambitious journey to become an efficient remote care solution.
Promoting Independence and Dignity for Aging Adults
Ōmcare is a digital health company that has pioneered a customizable home health platform that enables one-touch access to telehealth services, aggregated RPM, and medication dispensing with visual confirmation of medication adherence.
We all have those extra special people that impact us deeply at some point in our life. For founder Lisa Lavin, this special person was her grandmother, Mildred. Mildred was Lisa’s primary caregiver during a difficult period in her childhood.
Lisa and her grandmother were very close. As Mildred aged, she developed dementia and was eventually placed in a nursing home because there was no other way to help her maintain her independence.
Through this experience, Lisa became impassioned not only for her grandmother but for all aging adults. Lisa vowed that she would do everything she could to promote independence and dignity for older adults. “This generation deserves much more than a nursing home,” says Lisa. “They deserve connectedness, love, and a full, healthy, liberated life.”
All-in-one Healthcare Solution
Home is the new site of care, but it is messy and requires many solutions pieced together today to work. And the patient is always in charge of piecing them together by themselves.
For example, if your mom has a telehealth appointment. Hopefully, she has a tablet, and if she does, she knows where it is, and it’s charged. Then if she needs to take her blood pressure or give the doctor any other vitals, she needs to track down those devices too. It simply doesn’t work.
Ōmcare opens up the home as a legitimate site of care by creating a single, all-in-one solution that addresses consumer expectations while ensuring the comprehensive suite of capabilities required for the home is together in an easy-to-use, one-touch interface. It brings everything together—down to the data.
Greater Reach and Lower Cost
The world’s healthcare needs are on a constant rise. Getting customized medical attention from time to time requires people to keep visiting healthcare centers from time to time and also pay high amounts for simple consultations.
It is difficult for older adults to visit doctors regularly. The chances of worsening their health cannot be neglected if they have to go to hospitals on a regular basis. Ōmcare provides such people with the go-to option for getting one-stop assistance for their healthcare needs.
“Ōmcare allows people to age in place, bringing humanity and liberation to the aging process. It also provides greater access to care to more people since it’s less expensive and can reach rural areas,” says Lisa.
Continue reading the full article from Insights Care.
Ōmcare Achieves Dose-Level Medication Adherence and Creates New Revenue Model for Senior Care
In partnership with Ecumen and Thrifty White Pharmacy, Ōmcare successfully completed a pilot of its first product, the Ōmcare Home Health Hub® proving a new model for additional revenue and dose-level adherence.
[Minneapolis, October 11, 2022]. Ōmcare successfully wrapped their initial pilot in partnership with Ecumen and Thrifty White Pharmacy to test its first product—The Ōmcare Home Health Hub.
The Hub is an all-in-one home telehealth solution that enables remote care and ensures dose-level medication adherence. It stores up to a 30-day supply of multi-dose pouched medication that works in tandem with a video portal, providing visual confirmation that loved ones are taking the right medication at the right time.
Thrifty White Pharmacy provided home-delivered pharmacy fulfillment service for each participant in easy-to-load packaged medications. Then, over the course of the 3-month pilot, participants—who took at least 4 medications a day—received calls to their Hub from an Ecumen staff member when it was time to take their medications.
The pilot aimed to measure three key measurements:
- Evaluate medication adherence among participants
- Examine patient and caregiver satisfaction
- Compare operational and cost between remote medication assistance via the Ōmcare Home Health Hub and the traditional med door pass
“This innovation sparked our interest because we saw it as a way to help older adults live independently longer,” said Shelley Kendrick, president and CEO of Ecumen, a nonprofit provider, developer and operator of living spaces and services for older adults. “As we seek to find ways to serve people wherever they call home, medication management solutions like this are key.”
Overall, the pilot successfully demonstrated improvements in all three areas. With 780 calls, lasting an average of three minutes, the results showed:
- The participants had 98% dose-level adherence
- The medication assistance service via the Hub is 85% more efficient than door med pass
- 100% of the participants strongly agree Ōmcare helps them remember to take their medications
- 100% of the participants agree that they're more likely to take their meds using Ōmcare.
“We are grateful to Ecumen and Thrifty White Pharmacy for their commitment and stellar performance in our pilot,” said Lisa Lavin, Chief Executive Officer. “Both organizations continue to innovate to improve health, reduce cost, and elevate the patient and provider experience.”
Ōmcare is scaling up for an early 2023 commercialization and is actively seeking senior care partners who wish to expand their services via technology.
View the full report: Omcare Home Health Hub® Pilot Outcomes Report
Chuck Mooty, Minnesota Business Hall of Fame Inductee, Joins Ōmcare Board of Directors
Esteemed business leader, Chuck Mooty, joins the Board of Directors for innovative home health technology.
[Minneapolis, August 8, 2022].
Ōmcare announced that Chuck Mooty has joined their Board of Directors. Recently, Mooty was announced as a 2022 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame inductee for his many successes and thoughtful leadership throughout his career.
Within a six-year window, Mooty was the CEO and Chairman of four major Minnesota organizations. He led the rejuvenation of the Dairy Queen system, re-opened and rebranded the Faribault Woolen Mill, stewarded Fairview Health Services during a period of crisis and completely reinvigorated Jostens Inc.
Clearly, Mooty has a track record of helping companies thrive.
“Chuck is renowned for possessing the strategic insight and business acumen to parachute into any business and fashion a strategy for growth and optimization. As Ōmcare prepares for its commercial rollout of the Ōmcare Home Health Hub®, Chuck’s experience and laser-focused mindset will be instrumental for our national growth strategy,” said Lisa Lavin, Ōmcare CEO.
Mooty is enthusiastic to join a group of innovators who make home the site of care.
“I am truly excited to join Lisa and the entire Board of Ōmcare at this pivotal time of bringing innovative technology for medical care into the home” said Mooty. “As our world continues to age and our healthcare workforce continues to decline, technology must be able to meet this challenge and I believe that Ōmcare is perfectly positioned to lead in the innovative care delivery with safe and accurate medications within the home.”
Ōmcare aims to bring care into the home by extending the reach of caregivers and improve medication adherence and outcomes through its Ōmcare Home Health Hub®, which gives caregivers of all types – from physicians and pharmacists to home care providers or family members – the ability to provide remote care and confirm compliance with medication treatment plans from anywhere.
Ōmcare is currently wrapping up a successful pilot with Ecumen Senior Care and Thrifty White Pharmacy and will move into full commercialization later this year.
Ōmcare appoints Matthew Grose as CTO
Ōmcare appoints Matthew Grose as CTO
Grose will lead the development of the Ōmcare Home Health Hub® to bring remote care and medication adherence into the home.
[Minneapolis, June 8, 2022]. Ōmcare announced that Matthew Grose (MG) has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of the company. 
An experienced engineering leader, MG spent the last seven years at Optum of UnitedHealth Group, most recently serving as Chief Engineer, VP Software Engineering. Before that, he honed his software skills at LifeTime — The Healthy Way of Life Company.
“Ōmcare has proven core functionality in pilot and is ready to accelerate development of its total solution”, said Lisa Lavin, Chief Executive Officer. “Bringing on a CTO with MG's experience and skills will enable Ōmcare to scale existing technologies while continuing to build innovative solutions for the future.”
While at UnitedHealth Group, MG’s contributions raised the bar of engineering excellence creating efficiency, scale and collaboration across business units. Notable highlights include serving as a Distinguished Engineer, leading the digital provider platform Link used by millions of providers a day, introducing sustainable and secure public cloud adoption and acting as Chief Engineer for the company’s technology platforms powering 40,000 engineers and technologists.
During the pandemic, MG stepped out of his normal duties and focused on increasing accessibility to COVID-19 vaccinations and the successful completion of CARES Act payments by leading rapid speed cloud projects spanning multiple companies, including fast-tracking a year-long cloud scaling plan in 5 weeks. Now, he brings both his software skills and leadership development to Ōmcare.
"I joined Ōmcare for the opportunity to create technology closer to the human experience while playing a pivotal role in the company's future. Ōmcare's purpose is a natural fit to my personal passion of improving quality of life through technology. It is exciting to imagine where home health care will be in 5, 10, 20 years and I'm honored to be playing a part here with Ōmcare. Let’s improve care in the home!” said MG.
Ōmcare is currently in final stages of pilot and expected to be commercial in late 2022.
About Ōmcare
Ōmcare is a digital health company pioneering a customizable home health technology platform that extends the reach of caregivers and enables one-touch access to telehealth services, aggregated remote patient monitoring and medication dispensing with visual confirmation of medication adherence.