In October, Ochsner Health, a 40-hospital, 100-site, $4.3 billion health system serving the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South made a seed-round investment in Hippo, to improve patient access to specialist services and to advance clinician productivity, community outreach and population health. Not only does this endorsement give us a runway to further develop our proofs of concept within a highly respected and innovative integrated healthcare delivery system – it also gives us the valuable opportunity to collaborate with Ochsner Health clinicians, digital health experts, Medicare Advantage insurance, and risk-based contract management, through the creation of a “living learning laboratory”.
Our use cases will address some of the most pressing needs in health systems today, including reduction of readmissions, improved post-acute and home care, streamlined hospital throughput, more effective rural care, workforce shortages, and more inclusive team-based medical care. All of these use cases are centered on a core theme, that of improving the patient encounter through Hippo Virtual Care solution sets.