2017-02-17

News release

(For Immediate release)

StayWell to exhibit patient engagement technology solutions

at HiMSS 2017

Demonstrations of new SMART on FHIR app for Krames CareEngageTM,

on-demand video capabilities, and hospital marketing solutions to be featured

at StayWell booth 3443

YARDLEY, PA (Feb. 17, 2017) – StayWell will take visitors on a journey through its leading-edge consumer engagement and digital marketing technology solutions at the HiMSS 2017 conference, Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, FL.

StayWell will conduct product demonstrations that explore technology solutions built to help hospitals and health systems manage the health of populations, improve patient outcomes across the care continuum, and engage current and prospective patients with hospital and health system brands.

StayWell’s clinical interactive and mobile patient engagement solutions allow providers to more easily share information with patients, creating a more cohesive patient experience and increasing adherence to care plans. The EHR interoperability facilitated by StayWell solutions drives patient engagement and can improve patient safety and outcomes.

All visitors to the StayWell booth will receive a passport that will be stamped for each demonstration they attend at booth 3443. Passports will be entered for prize drawings.

INTERVIEW AND MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES

Location:                   Booth 3443 in the Orange County Convention Center

Presentations:          Patient-Centered Security Architecture: The Key to Personal Health Information (11:30 a.m. Monday and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday)

Mobile-Driven Patient Engagement: Next-Generation Patient-Centered Disease Management (12 p.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday)

ILÚM and MedHelp (12:30 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. Tuesday, and

2 p.m. Wednesday)

It’s Not About You: Using Patient Stories to Transform Health Care (2:30 p.m. Monday)

Interoperable Patient Education: Serving Patients Along the Care Continuum (3 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Wednesday)

Providing a Consistent Patient Experience With SMART on FHIR (3:30 p.m. Monday, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday)

Beyond a Prescription: Enhancing Medication Info Online and On the Go (4:30 p.m. Monday, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday)

Improving Patient Engagement Through Storytelling (10 a.m. Tuesday)

Infobutton, Blue Button, and Open Notes, Oh My!: Driving Toward Patient Engagement (12 p.m. Tuesday, and 3 p.m. Wednesday)

First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Engagement: The Union of Content and Technology (2:30 p.m. Tuesday)

What’s an Explainer To Do? Explaining Complex Subjects With Consumable, Fun, and Compelling Videos (12 p.m. Wednesday)

What Do the New Provisions In the Affordable Care Act Mean to You? (1 p.m. Wednesday)

Interviews:                 To schedule a one-on-one media briefing with StayWell during

or before HiMSS, contact Barbara Tabor at (651) 230-9192.

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About StayWell

StayWell is a health solutions company that uses the science of behavior change to help people live happier, healthier lives. StayWell brings decades of experience working across the health care industry to design solutions for improving individual and organizational health outcomes, managing the health of targeted populations, and creating brand engagement for employers and health care organizations. StayWell programs have received numerous top industry honors, including the C. Everett Koop National Health Award and the Web Health Award for health engagement programs. StayWell also has received URAC and NCQA accreditation for several of its programs. StayWell is majority-owned by Healthcare Services & Solutions, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (“Merck”). The company is headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and also has major locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, and St. Paul, Minn. To learn more, visit http://www.staywell.com.

About Merck

For over a century, Merck has been a global health care leader working to help the world be well. Merck is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. For more information, visit www.merck.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statement of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA

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Media contact

Barbara Tabor, APR / 651-230-9192 / barbara@taborPR.com

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