ChristianaCare Partners on Virtual Healthcare Bundle for Higher Education
Delaware-based health system ChristianaCare is partnering with medical and therapy service providers to offer integrated virtual health services 24/7 to colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education.
Together with PursueCare and SimpleTherapy, ChristianaCare created a bundled health care product that combines general medical services from ChristianaCare’s Center for Virtual Health, mental health and addiction treatment programs from PursueCare and musculoskeletal care from SimpleTherapy.
“At ChristianaCare, we know that the future of healthcare is virtual,” said Sharon Anderson, M.S., R.N., ChristianaCare’s chief virtual health officer and president of ChristianaCare’s Center for Virtual Health, in a statement. “When college students are able to access medical, behavioral health and musculoskeletal services through their phone or laptop, from their dorm room or a private space on campus, they’ll be more likely to get help when they need it. This is about delivering care to students on their terms, so that they can be healthy and supported with high-quality care throughout their college experience.”
Personalized virtual health solutions will be available to students at participating higher education institutions through a customized portal accessible from any computer or mobile device. Students will be able to access assessments, resources and virtual treatment via modules or telemedicine sessions with licensed providers. The offering provides students with unlimited, on-demand care from a multidisciplinary team solving for a multitude of conditions.
For a flat fee, a school will be able to offer care that is customized and co-branded with school-specific content to be an extension of existing campus health services. It provides curated resources for rapid pre-assessment, on-demand chat, and discreet, personalized access to care for students on or off-campus, ChristianaCare said. These services are currently licensed to operate in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Applications for licenses are under way in other states.
“For college and university student health services and administrators, this partnership offers a powerful new way to provide comprehensive, affordable health solutions that benefit students,” Anderson said. “In a highly competitive recruiting environment, these solutions are easy to implement and can add tremendous value. We are excited to partner with colleges and universities to strengthen their student health programs by creating a comprehensive virtual care solution to meet their student’s health care needs.”
Through a single digital portal, participating students can access internal and family medicine providers from ChristianaCare’s Center for Virtual Health. PursueCare’s Joint Commission-accredited mental health, psychiatric and medication-assisted treatment providers, and SimpleTherapy’s licensed physical therapists specializing in musculoskeletal care, acute or chronic pain management, and strength and mobility training can all be accessed through the portal.
Students will also have the option of using PursueCareRx for their pharmacy needs.
ChristianaCare said that during the pandemic, it developed a COVID-19 virtual monitoring program that helped 37 companies in 14 states safely reopen with daily symptom monitoring, testing and connections to care for more than 10,000 employees. Its Center for Virtual Health’s programs include virtual primary care, specialty care programs and a Hospital Care at Home program bringing hospital level of care to a patient’s home.
