Avicenna Medical Systems has signed its second big client to its AviTracks Chronic Disease Management System, bringing The Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System on board.

"We see a big potential for growth," says Frank Pelosi, vice president & CMO of Avicenna Medical Solutions. "This VA contract is a big step forward for us. We see it as a big opportunity."

AviTracks helps veterans manage treatment for chronic diseases from their home. This usually includes patients who take blood thinners or need to monitor cardiac rhythms. It is designed to lessen the information burden on health-care IT systems, allowing medical professionals to maximize time with patients and employ best practices for treatment. AviTracks is being used in seven different divisions in the University of Michigan Health System.

Avicenna Medical Solutions was spun out of the University of Michigan in 2006. It has a team of four people, and hopes to add a couple more this year including software engineers and a business development manager.

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Source: Frank Pelosi, vice president & CMO of Avicenna Medical Solutions
Writer: Jon Zemke

About the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System 

Since 1953, the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS) has provided state-of-the-art healthcare services to the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your healthcare needs in any way we can. Nearly 57,000 Veterans living in a 15-county area of Michigan and northwest Ohio utilized the VAAAHS in fiscal year 2011. 

The main hospital campus located in Ann Arbor serves as a referral center for specialty care and operates 105 acute care beds and 40 Community Living Center (extended care) beds. More than 455,000 outpatient visits were made at our facilities in fiscal year 2011; there were nearly 6,000 inpatient episodes of care provided in the hospital and extended care center. http://www.annarbor.va.gov/ 

About Avicenna

Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc. is a privately held company located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that uses software solutions to help clinicians take better care of patients by streamlining information flow, and optimizing financial efficiency in Chronic Disease Management and Medical Procedures. Avicenna was created from the collaboration of physicians and IT professionals to address the challenges of workflow efficiency faced by care providers both in small-town practices and world-class health systems. In use since 2002, AviTracks has been shown to lower operating costs and double clinic productivity over the most recent five years managing over 2.5 million patient encounters.

Avicenna’s products are used by doctors and nurses in a wide range of medical specialties: hepatology, oncology, rheumatology, pulmonary, gastroenterology, anticoagulation, dermatology, infectious disease, cardiac electrophysiology and chronic heart failure. 

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Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc.
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