Mercy Virtual

Caregility Promotes Telehealth Trailblazer Wendy Deibert to Chief Nursing Officer

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Caregility , an enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, is pleased to announce the promotion of Wendy Deibert, EMBA, BSN, RN, to Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).

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  • Caregility , an enterprise telehealth leader dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere, is pleased to announce the promotion of Wendy Deibert, EMBA, BSN, RN, to Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
  • She moves into the new role from her previous position as Senior Vice President of Clinical Solutions at Caregility.
  • She brings 35 years of clinical experience as a bedside critical care nurse, telehealth operations manager, and senior consultant to the role of CNO.
  • Prior to joining Caregility, Deibert served as Vice President of Telehealth Services at Mercy Virtual, where she helped launch the world’s first all-virtual hospital in August 2015.

Myia Health Collaborates with DispatchHealth to Empower Clinicians with Virtual Care Platform for Continuous Patient Monitoring

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Myias platform is part of our suite of capabilities that arms our clinicians to better take care of our patients.

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  • Myias platform is part of our suite of capabilities that arms our clinicians to better take care of our patients.
  • The continuous insights help us understand which patients need care when so we can optimize and expand our clinical offering.
  • Myia Health is the only comprehensive virtual care management and remote monitoring platform that optimizes patient outcomes, clinical operations, and the economics of healthcare delivery in the home.
  • Founded in 2017, the Myia platform powers the worlds first and largest virtual hospital, Mercy Virtual.

Myia Health Names Former Blue Cross Blue Shield MN CEO Craig Samitt Executive Chairman

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Thursday, July 21, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myia Health, a leading enterprise predictive analytics and virtual healthcare delivery platform, announced today the appointment of Dr. Craig Samitt, former President & CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Managing Director of ITO Advisors, as Executive Chairman.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myia Health, a leading enterprise predictive analytics and virtual healthcare delivery platform, announced today the appointment of Dr. Craig Samitt, former President & CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Managing Director of ITO Advisors, as Executive Chairman.
  • Samitt brings years of experience across the healthcare sector to Myia Health, spanning leadership roles at both health plans and health systems.
  • Dr. Samitt joins Myia Health after recently serving as President & CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
  • Over the course of his career, Dr. Samitt has led transformational change at some of the nations leading health systems and health plans, and brings that extensive expertise and a strong passion to Myia Health, said Simon MacGibbon, Co-Founder and CEO of Myia Health.

Mercy Awarded $2.2 Million to Expand Virtual Care for Patients

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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Thanks to a $2.2 million grant from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Mercy will expand and upgrade telehealth services for patients across Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

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  • Thanks to a $2.2 million grant from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Mercy will expand and upgrade telehealth services for patients across Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
  • Since the beginning of the pandemic, Mercy has provided more than 800,000 virtual visits between patients and Mercy Clinic medical providers, a stark increase from the 10,000 Mercy virtual visits in 2019.
  • In addition, virtual care services have allowed Mercy caregivers to recommend the most appropriate level of care for clinically triaged patients.
  • Previous grants awarded to Mercy (most recently in 2019) include funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help bring virtual care to rural areas served by Mercy.

Mercy Incoming President and CEO Names Senior Leadership Team

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Steve Mackin, assuming the role of Mercy president and CEO on April 1, has announced his senior leadership team.

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  • ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Steve Mackin, assuming the role of Mercy president and CEO on April 1, has announced his senior leadership team.
  • Dr. John Mohart will become the first physician to be named president of Mercy Communities, assuming leadership responsibilities for Mercy's hospital operations across its multi-state footprint.
  • Cheryl Matejkawill become Mercy's senior vice president and chief financial officer, taking over for Sock as his role expands.
  • "I am very grateful for the depth of leadership that exists within Mercy and for the opportunity to expand and realign our senior leadership team to best support our strategic efforts moving forward," Mackin said.

Myia Health Introduces Strategic Advisory Board

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myia Health, an enterprise platform for virtual healthcare delivery in the home, today introduced its Strategic Advisory Board.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myia Health, an enterprise platform for virtual healthcare delivery in the home, today introduced its Strategic Advisory Board.
  • The advisors bring years of experience founding and leading health technology companies, as well as payers, investment funds, and provider organizations.
  • The advisory board announcement comes during a period of significant momentum for Myia.
  • Myia also recently added Dr. Sylvia Romm of CityBlock Health to its Board of Directors.

LifeScience Technologies, LLC Files Lawsuit Against St. Louis-Based Mercy Health and Mercy Virtual, and San Francisco-Based Myia Health

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Monday, November 1, 2021
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LEAWOOD, Kan., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LifeScience Technologies (LST), developer of m.Care, one of the leading telehealth and remote patient engagement platforms in the U.S., announced today it filed a lawsuit against St. Louis-based Mercy Health ( http://www.mercy.net ), Mercy Virtual ( http://www.mercyvirtual.net ), and San Francisco-based Myia Health ( http://www.myiahealth.com ).

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  • LEAWOOD, Kan., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LifeScience Technologies (LST), developer of m.Care, one of the leading telehealth and remote patient engagement platforms in the U.S., announced today it filed a lawsuit against St. Louis-based Mercy Health ( http://www.mercy.net ), Mercy Virtual ( http://www.mercyvirtual.net ), and San Francisco-based Myia Health ( http://www.myiahealth.com ).
  • The case is LifeScience Technologies, LLC v. Mercy Health, et al.
  • and is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.
  • m.Care powers numerous visionary, forward-thinking hospitals, healthcare systems and other organizations focused on patient, member, or employee health and well-being.

Myia Health and BioIntelliSense Partner to Integrate Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring Into the Myia Platform

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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When paired with the Myia platform, providers will have access to near real-time information on patients vital signs, physiological biometrics, and symptoms, allowing them to identify adverse changes in health sooner and intervene earlier.

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  • When paired with the Myia platform, providers will have access to near real-time information on patients vital signs, physiological biometrics, and symptoms, allowing them to identify adverse changes in health sooner and intervene earlier.
  • This stands in contrast to other remote monitoring solutions, which rely on episodic data that can generate erroneous alerts and paint an incomplete picture of patients health status.
  • BioIntelliSense is ushering in a new era of continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).
  • Its medical-grade Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform seamlessly captures multi-parameter vital signs, physiological biometrics and symptomatic events through an effortless patient experience.

Mercy Board Names New President and CEO

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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"Years ago, following in the footsteps of the Sisters of Mercy, we carefully designed a succession plan to make sure that the next president and CEO would have the knowledge, experience and heart to serve our co-workers, patients and communities," said Lynn Britton, Mercy's president and CEO for the past 13 years.

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  • "Years ago, following in the footsteps of the Sisters of Mercy, we carefully designed a succession plan to make sure that the next president and CEO would have the knowledge, experience and heart to serve our co-workers, patients and communities," said Lynn Britton, Mercy's president and CEO for the past 13 years.
  • On April 1, 2022, Mackin will officially become president and CEO, and Britton will take the lead as executive chair of Mercy's board of directors.
  • David C. Pratt, current board chair, has dedicated nearlythree decades of vital service to Mercy's board and will continue to serve as a board member once the leadership transition is complete.
  • In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients from coast to coast.

Mercy Increases Starting Wage for All Co-workers

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Mercy will increase the starting wage for all co-workers across its multistate footprint.

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  • ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Mercy will increase the starting wage for all co-workers across its multistate footprint.
  • The $18 million additional annual commitment will raise more than 6,000 co-workers' pay to $15 an hour and serve as the starting wage for all newly hired co-workers.
  • The new minimum wage will be implemented across Mercy as of Sept. 19.
  • In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients from coast to coast.