Milestones of Careguide Systems

Milestones of Communication Science

2005

Launched 4-market business strategy, 1 manager per channel: Pharma, Health Plan, Homecare, Hospital.  28 SelfCareKits ready for market.

• Pharma: Shire Pharmaceuticals contracts for ethnographyof ADHD.
• Health Plans: US Armed Services (through a disease managementcompany) contracts to create two SelfCareKits:  Depression and Obesity. Elder Health contracts for recruitment campaignto Medicare Advantage Plan, $400,000.

• Homecare: Omni Home Health begins using SelfCareKits in Florida.
• Hospital: American Breast Cancer Foundation beginsmulti-year purchasing to distribute to the indigent at hospitals inMaryland. St. Joseph Medical Center,Lexington KY arranges heart failure program with Johnson & Johnson andLinnCare Oxygen as partners.

2006

• Pharma: Shire contracts for ADHD website design.

Pfizer contracts for diabetes tracking tools.

• Health Plans: University of Pittsburgh Health Plan signs ongoing contract and makes initialpurchase of $120,000 worth of SelfCareKits. Vanguard Health arranges collaboration, CSI/Wellpoint/Anthem /HMC. Wins two nationalawards: NCQA and Workplace Wellness & Prevention Award: First Place,Best in Show

• Homecare: Omni Home Health expands to the West Coast.
• Hospital: American Breast Cancer Foundation beginsmulti-year program to purchase kits and distribute to the indigent athospitals in Maryland. St. Joseph Medical Center,KY Poster Award at the National DM Conference, crediting SelfCareKits foroutcomes.

Veterans Administration launches pilot for Heart Failure.

2007

• Pharma: Bayer Pharmaceuticals contracts for MSmedication tracking tool.
  Center Business Intelligence awards CSI“Elite Speaker Circle” annual award for top presentation at pharmaceuticalconventions.
• Health Plans: MMRS (Informed), a Third Party Administrator,begins purchasing.
  HealthCarePro Publishing prints CSI chapter, “Health Literacy” in DM Manual.

• Homecare: Fournew SelfCareKits: COPD, Caregivers, Hip/Knee Replacement, ShoulderSurgery. New agencies coming on board regularly.

2008

CSI turns profitable with $1.6 million in revenue.

• Pharma: Sanofi-Aventis contracts for Latino Diabetesresearch and intervention. To conduct Continuing Medical Education on theresults, The Institute for HumanFactors
  in Healthcare, LLC was created.
• Health Plans:Government Services contracting process begun.

• Hospital: MainLine Health contracts for ethnography onSpecimen Labelling.

2009

• Pharma: Takeda Pharmaceuticals completes fifth researchstudy with CSI.
• Health Plans: University Hospital, Washington DC asthma study:SelfCareKit with community health workers lowers utilization by 60%.Formed partnership with HealtheTechnologies,“OutcomeAdvantage,” combining SelfCareKits with automated assessments viaIVR, transmitting data to client.

• Homecare: Listof customers passes 200 agencies.
• Hospital: Rush Medical Center launches NIH grant study onHF with SelfCareKit.

2010

Cardinal Health arbitration finalized. 34 SelfCareKits available.

• Pharma: Medco signs Letter of Intent for $1.6 million inresearch and design services. Additional licensing agreement and vendorcontract for purchase of SelfCarekits to come.
• Health Plans: Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union adopts SelfCareKit for diabetes in English and Spanish.

Nevada Employers Association begins contract process for OutcomeAdvantage.

• Homecare:Channel turns profitable at $236,234.
  Balance Training SelfCareKit (Falls Prevention) made to meet new federalregulations.
• Hospital: Mercy Hospital, Chicago completes OutcomeAdvantage pilot for HF that reduces readmissions from >25% to less than10%.