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20 Hartford Business Journal • April 29, 2019 • www.HartfordBusiness.com SPONSORED CONTENT Trinity Health Of New England is teaming up with CVS Health to continue to improve quality of care for patients in New England while lowering overall costs. Together, the two aim to help reduce unnecessary hospital visits or readmissions and improve transitions in care, further enhancing the existing top-quality care provided by all five hospitals within the Trinity Health Of New England. "What makes this initiative really special are the enhancements to patient care that come with this kind of collaboration," says Dr. Reginald Eadie, president and CEO of Trinity Health Of New England. "Specifically, we're helping patients better adhere to their medications, helping patients with home infusion care, and creating a smoother transition for patients leaving our hospitals who need continued care at home." The collaboration includes a focus on medication adherence, disease management and convenient health care services as well as enabling smooth transitions in care. "Together, we are working to tackle major public health challenges in New England to help improve access to important health care services and enable continuity across the health care continuum for the patients that we collectively serve," said Robert Brooks, senior vice president of Health System Alliances, CVS Health. "Through this first-of-its-kind initiative, we are bringing our expertise and care to local communities, providing vital services in patients' homes, and putting a wealth of resources at their fingertips." Reducing Hospital Readmissions When patients find themselves back at the hospital time and time again, it can become cumbersome, emotional, and often times a financial strain. In many cases, readmissions can be avoided by something as simple as a patient taking their medications as prescribed. Trinity Health Of New England strives to further reduce and ultimately prevent hospital readmissions for patients and is utilizing the integrated CVS Health medication adherence program as a means to become one step closer to achieving that goal. "With this collaboration in place, when one of our patients is prescribed a medication and it is sent to a CVS Pharmacy, our electronic medical records (EMR) system will alert the patient's physician if that medication is not picked up," explains Claudio Capone, Regional Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development for Trinity Health Of New England. "This type of alert provides physicians with a critical piece of information, allowing them to intervene with a patient who could, for example, have heart disease or diabetes, who is at risk for returning to the hospital for that same issue if they are not taking their medication as prescribed." The collaboration will also help to find the most affordable medication based on the patient's diagnosis and individual insurance plan. Capone says this collaboration "helps us not only manage the cost of care, but it also helps us ensure the patient is getting the right medication at the right time." 24 HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • April 29, 2019 www.HartfordBusiness.com Dr. Reginald Eadie, President and CEO of Trinity Health Of New England outlines CVS Health partnership with his executive leadership team. Trinity Health Of New England Partners with CVS Health " " "What makes this initiative really special are the enhancements to patient care that come with this kind of collaboration," says Dr. Reginald Eadie, president and CEO of Trinity Health Of New England.