Martin’s Point Health Care™ is an integrated healthcare organization that provides healthcare services and health plan administration throughout New England. These offerings include providing health care services to nearly 40,000 patients in Maine and New Hampshire, administering the US Family Health Plan for military beneficiaries over a four state region, and administering the vertically integrated PointPartners™ Benefits Plan for self-insured businesses in Maine.
Through these services, Martin’s Point integrates high quality wellness and healthcare services to improve their patient’s quality of life and lower medical costs. To accomplish these goals, this integrated system requires easy access to timely, actionable health status information throughout the wellness and care delivery system. This business strategy led to a significant investment over the last 5 years in information technologies, including investments in 2005 in Kryptiq’s Connect IQ™ Patient Portal and Connect IQ™ Patient Portal.
“The innovative spirit shared by Kryptiq and Martin’s Point is the foundation of our successful relationship,” said Doug Smith, Chief Information Officer for Martin’s Point. “We both understand that the potential value to be gained in healthcare over the next 15 years is dependent upon the connections among providers, health plans, patients, and pharmacies.”
These information technology investments have given Martin’s Point a wealth of health data at both the individual and population level. However, stringent health information regulations and the silos of existing health data can limit the potential of these investments. To overcome some of these limitations, Martin’s Point uses Kryptiq’s secure connectivity solutions and interface engine to enable new levels of data access, security, and mobility across the system.
“We see a fundamental transformation occurring in the healthcare space as the cost and quality of care is dramatically affected by improved collaboration among all members of the healthcare community,” said Mr. Smith. “Utilizing Kryptiq’s connectivity solutions we are making this type of innovative collaboration possible. As a provider, we see great benefit and value in patient portal and clinical messaging solutions. As a health plan administrator, we gain improved insight into the quality and costs of healthcare.”
Martin’s Point chose Kryptiq for the quality of the individual products, as well as the strength and integrity of the organization. “Kryptiq is a good partner that has provided us innovative and relevant products that meet our needs,” commented Mr. Smith. He concluded, “We will continue to engage in partnerships with companies like Kryptiq as we deploy other inventive technologies to integrate and improve the health care system.”
