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Premier Health to Develop a “Virtual Medical Office Assistant” Using IBM Watson AI to Enable Employees to Focus on Higher-Value Work
Vancouver, BC – October 15, 2019 – Premier Health Group (CSE: PHGI) (OTCQB: PHGRF) (Frankfurt: 6PH) (the “Company” or “Premier Health”), a Company focused on developing innovative approaches that combine human skill-based expertise with emerging technologies for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce it is working with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to help build and integrate Watson AI into its patient centric telemedicine app.
According to studies done by the American Medical Informatics Association and Research Gate respectively, activities that have nothing to do with patient care consume over half (51%) of a nurse’s workload and nearly a fifth (16%) of physician activities. Artificial intelligence (AI) based technologies, such as voice-to-text transcription, can improve administrative workflows and eliminate time-consuming non-patient-care activities.
Watson is IBM’s suite of enterprise-ready AI services, applications, and tooling. Watson capabilities include natural language processing, text, signal and image processing, machine learning, and other AI capabilities to help free employees from repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on more creative, higher-value work. The companies would like to develop a solution in which IBM can help build and integrate Watson Assistant as a virtual Medical Office Assistant (MOA) for Premier’s 4600 healthcare professionals servicing 3 million patients. It will initially focus on building conversational interfaces that will allow patients to interact with their medical office while enabling office staff to spend less time on the phone. A few examples include assistance with booking appointments, helping patients know what they should do to prepare for their next appointment and, eventually, help to triage patients to ensure those with medical emergencies will get the medical attention they require much faster.
“The future of health is being transformed with technologies like AI, and we are thrilled to be working with the experts at IBM,” said Dr. Essam Hamza, CEO of Premier Health. “As a doctor and previous clinic owner, I understand the frustrations patients have connecting with overstretched clinic staff. In addition, inefficient use of resources amount to increasing challenges in primary care. Our new initiative is curated for medical clinic owners and operators to reduce the burdensome overhead associated with day to day logistical operations while also improving patient care. The key for the future sustainability of healthcare is efficient and streamlined workflows and with the use of IBM’s cutting-edge AI technology, we have the power to completely disrupt and revolutionize the delivery of healthcare.”
As Premier Health continues on its patient-centric healthcare transformation, the company plans to further develop and expand its platform using analytics and AI capabilities from IBM Watson.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Dr. Essam Hamza, MD”
Chief Executive Officer
About Premier Health
Premier Health is a Canadian company that is strategically poised to take advantage of business opportunities in the global health care industry. We are focused on innovative health care approaches that combine human skill-based expertise with emerging technologies. In conjunction with its subsidiary Cloud Practice, which offers SAAS based health technology solutions including a cloud based Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software, medical billing software and an online patient portal, the Company is developing proprietary technology to deliver quality healthcare through the combination of connected primary care clinics, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence (AI). We currently have a combined ecosystem of 290 clinics, over 3000 licensed practitioners and almost 3 million registered patients. The Premier Health team has deep clinical, operational and financial expertise and a passion for improving healthcare for all patients.
The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Premier Health Group Inc.
www.mypremierhealth.com
Email: investors@mypremierhealth.com
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
Bettina Filippone: bfilippone@renmarkfinancial.com
Tel:(416) 644-2020 or (514) 939-3989
Source: Premier Health Group
Vancouver, BC – October 10, 2019 – Premier Health Group Inc. (CSE: PHGI) (OTCPK: PHGRF) (Frankfurt: 6PH) (the “Company” or “Premier Health”), a Company focused on developing innovative approaches that combine human skill-based expertise with emerging technologies for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce it has onboarded over 80,000 patients to its MyHealthAccess telemedicine patient portal.
MyHealthAccess will enable the Company’s Juno Electronic Medical Records (EMR) patient database to directly interact with their healthcare providers and primary care clinics via a user friendly smart device application. Through the portal, patients are able to book appointments in realtime 24/7, chat with clinical staff and see their doctor from the comfort of their home or office via telemedicine.
MyHealthAccess will continue to evolve into a comprehensive patient portal that provides users a singular access point for all interactions with their healthcare providers and support staff. Additional features include the deployment of Artificial Intelligence(AI) to triage patient care. Using the application, the patient will answer a series of questions ahead of their appointment, which will be relayed to the physician along with a differential on possible diagnoses. This information will automatically be prepopulated to the physicians charting system and will provide key patient information prior to the scheduled virtual visit, not only saving the doctor valuable time but leading to a much more effective patient-doctor interaction.
“Onboarding and having over 80,000 patients live on our MyHealthAccess platform is a major milestone as we evolve our business and execute on our goal to increase access to healthcare through our app,” said Dr. Essam Hamza, CEO of Premier Health. “Eventually, our patients will have increased access to their charts, lab results, have the ability to securily chat with clinical staff, reorder prescriptions and share remote health monitoring data with their doctor – all at their fingertips. With a current ecosystem of 3 million patients in our EMR database, we expect to continue to accelerate patient onboarding as we deploy additional features over the coming months.”
The Company will also soon be launching a direct to consumer app, that will offer doctor on demand services to patients not currently registered with Juno EMR.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Dr. Essam Hamza, MD”
Chief Executive Officer
About Premier Health
Premier Health is a Canadian company that is strategically poised to take advantage of business opportunities in the global health care industry. We are focused on innovative health care approaches that combine human skill-based expertise with emerging technologies. In conjunction with its subsidiary Cloud Practice, which offers SAAS based health technology solutions including a cloud based Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software, medical billing software and an online patient portal, the Company is developing proprietary technology to deliver quality healthcare through the combination of connected primary care clinics, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence (AI). We currently have a combined ecosystem of 290 clinics, over 3000 licensed practitioners and almost 3 million registered patients. The Premier Health team has deep clinical, operational and financial expertise and a passion for improving healthcare for all patients.
The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Premier Health Group Inc.
www.mypremierhealth.com
Email: investors@mypremierhealth.com
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
Bettina Filippone: bfilippone@renmarkfinancial.com
Tel:(416) 644-2020 or (514) 939-3989
Source: Premier Health Group Inc.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, August 31st, 2018 – Premier Health Group Inc. (CSE:PHGI) (“Premier Health” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the appointment of current Director, Dr. Essam Hamza, as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
“I am excited to be taking a leadership role at Premier. I am keen to focus on health care business opportunities that exist domestically and abroad. Utilizing technology such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in the delivery of timely and more accessible health care is going to be an immediate focus for us,” said Dr.Hamza.
The Company would like to thank Mr. Yari Nieken for his services as the interim-CEO.
About Dr. Essam Hamza, MD
Dr. Hamza completed his medical and family practice degrees at the University of Alberta. Doctor Hamza founded the first HealthVue (formally Cambie Plaza) Medical Clinic in Richmond in 2005. He has since opened up a chain of inter-connected high-tech clinics and championed the introduction of telemedicine for his patients.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Donald Gordon”
Chief Financial Officer and Director
About Premier Health
Premier Health is a Canadian company that is strategically poised to take advantage of business opportunities in the global health care industry. We are developing innovative health care approaches that combine human skill based expertise with emerging technologies such as telemedicine and artificial intelligence. Premier Health’s subsidiary, Premier Clinicas de Rehabilitacion, is a multidisciplinary rehabilitation facility operating in the Dominican Republic for over three years and based on the most current North American practices and methods
Cautionary Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on Premier Health’s expectations, estimates and projections regarding its business and the economic environment in which it operates, including with respect to its business plans. Although Premier Health believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements and readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and Premier Health undertakes no obligation to update them publicly to reflect new information or the occurrence of future events or circumstances, unless otherwise required to do so by law.
The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Premier Health Group Inc.
Mr. Yari Nieken, Director
Email: ynieken@icloud.com
Telephone: 604.328.0425
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – August 2, 2018 – Premier Health Group Inc. (CSE:PHGI) (“Premier Health”), is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of HealthVue Ventures Ltd. (“HealthVue”) from the vendors thereof in consideration of $1,000,000 in cash and an aggregate of 12,000,000 common shares of Premier Health (the “Share Consideration”) at a deemed price of $0.25 per share.
10,800,000 of the common shares comprising the Share Consideration are subject to contractual restrictions on trading, with 1/6 of such shares being released from such restrictions every 6 months commencing on January 30, 2019, and the balance of 1,200,000 of the common shares comprising the Share Consideration are free trading.
Premier Health is also pleased to announce, effective immediately, the appointment of Dr. Essam Hamza, MD, to its board of directors and the resignation of Katherine Badali as a director. Premier Health would like to thank Ms. Badali for her contributions to the company.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Donald Gordon”
Chief Financial Officer and Director
About HealthVue (previously Cambie Plaza Medical Clinic)
HealthVue provides telemedicine visits remotely and full service family practice from its three clinic locations in the Vancouver lower mainland. Founded in 2005 by Dr. Essam Hamza, MD, Healthvue has added two new locations in the past three years, with an impressive complement of medical doctors and support staff.
About Premier Health
Premier Health is a Canadian company that is strategically poised to take advantage of business opportunities in the global health care industry. We are developing innovative health care approaches that combine human skill based expertise with emerging technologies, and will set the gold standard for services in locations of interest worldwide. Premier Health’s subsidiary, Premier Clinicas de Rehabilitacion, is a multidisciplinary rehabilitation facility operating in the Dominican Republic for over three years and based on the most current North American practices and methods
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Premier Health Group Inc.
Mr. Yari Nieken, Director
Email: ynieken@icloud.com
Telephone: 604.328.0425
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About Premier Health Group
Premier Health is a Canadian healthcare technology company that is strategically poised to take advantage of business opportunities in the global health care industry. We are focused on innovative health care approaches that combine human skill-based expertise with emerging technologies.
In conjunction with our subsidiary Cloud Practice, a cloud-based SAAS Electronic Medical Records software company, we are developing proprietary technology to deliver quality healthcare through the combination of connected primary care clinics with telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI).
Rising Costs
Governments and payors facing increasing costs that are simply unsustainable.
INEFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES
39% of Canadians who visited an ER indicated that they could have avoided the visit if they had better access to primary care.
DOCTOR SUPPLY
A shortage of primary care doctors and nurses, especially in remote and rural communities, leads to clinician burn out and patients frustrated by long wait times. Newly licensed doctors are avoiding primary care because of these dynamics, which increases the pressure on an already stressed system.
ACCESSIBILITY
Approximately 15% of Canadians aged 12 and older don’t have a primary care physician. Nearly two-thirds (59%) of seniors are unable to get a same-or next-day appointment. Almost 7 in 10 Canadians avoid seeing a doctor when they are sick.
THE PREMIER HEALTH SOLUTION — doctor
>> See your patient from anywhere in the world
>> Check your billings
>> Review patient’s charts/labs
>> Chat with clinic staff
>> Chat with pharmacist
>> Chat with other doctors /specialists
>> Chat with patients
>> Review your chart in real-time
>> See lab results
>> Book appointment
>> See your Physician
>> Chat with medical practitioners
>> Reorder your prescriptions
>> Connect health monitoring devices (i.e. Fitbit, Apple Watch)
the future – IMPROVED PATIENT & DOCTOR EXPERIENCE
Doctor can be anywhere in the world
HealthVue doctors can choose to see patients in office, at home or on vacation.
“Connected” HealthVue clinics across the globe
Patients can visit any clinic and have their charts follow them.
See virtual HealthVue doctor
through our telemedicine app/website (Government funded in BC, therefore no additional cost to the patient).
Prescriptions electronically submitted to the pharmacy of their choice
or delivered free to them by a preferred pharmacy partner.
Use app/website to book online 24/7
Time shifting will eventually allow 24/7 doctor availability.
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Essam Hamza, MD
CEO
Dr. Hamza completed his MD and Family Practice degree at the University of Alberta. He founded HealthVue in 2005 and has since grown the business to include four interconnected high-tech clinics serving over 100,000 patients.
Kanchan Thindal, MBA
COO
Kanchan left a position at Scotiabank’s Head Office to join the HealthVue team. She has previously worked with startups in the healthcare and technology spaces. Kanchan holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Mena Beshay, CPA, CMA, CFE
CFO
Mena is an astute and solutions-driven Accounting and Finance professional with 15+ years of progressive experience in auditing, accounting and entrepreneurial management. He has held progressively senior roles at Enercare, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
SOURCE: https://www.mypremierhealth.com/
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