Zipnosis, a virtual care-focused company has announced the formation of the Clinical Quality Advisory Council, a group of healthcare leaders across the U.S. that are committed to providing clinical and strategic guidance to the virtual care industry.
The Council will perform reviews of Zipnosis’ current evidence-based clinical guidelines,support ongoing quality assurance efforts, and help to establish best practices for clinical quality for outpatient virtual care. During the inaugural meeting in March, members set forth a series of goals for the Council and defined several clinical quality metrics for the Zipnosis platform, intended to guide the virtual care industry as a whole. These metrics focus on antibiotic stewardship, including targets for first-line antibiotic prescribing (when clinically appropriate), monitoring of appropriate prescribing for viral upper respiratory infections, and clinical guideline adherence monitoring and management strategies. Identified targets include:
– First-line antibiotic prescribing – 95%
– Guideline adherence for managing sinusitis – 95%
– Guideline adherence for managing urinary tract infection – 98%
– Guideline adherence for managing conjunctivitis – 98%
“Ensuring clinical quality and patient safety is essential – whether care is delivered online or in-person – and we believe that Zipnosis has a responsibility in helping to set quality standards for the virtual care industry,” said Zipnosis Chief Clinical Officer, Kevin Smith in a statement. “I’m excited and honored to be working with healthcare leaders whose enthusiasm, engagement, and expertise is invaluable in guiding what these standards should be.”
The healthcare leaders involved in the Clinical Quality Advisory Council are:
– Evelyn Balogun, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOEM – Medical Director Urgent Care and Occ/Employee Health Services, Inspira Health Network
– Brian Bossard, MD – President, Bryan Telemedicine, Bryan Health
– Stephanie Cowan, DNP, FNP-C – Clinical Coordinator, Seattle, MultiCare Health System
– Deborah Greer, MD – Executive Medical Director, John Muir Health
– Steve North, MD, MPH – Clinical Director, Mission Virtual Care, Mission Health
– Dang Tran, MD – Vice President, Medical Practice, Fairview Health Services
– Darin Willardsen, MD, MBA, SFHM – Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, CentraCare
