SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX:SHLTN), a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine solutions, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned German subsidiary PHTS Telemedizin is part of an integrated care services contract in the state of Schleswig-Holstein whereby family doctors, physicians and hospitals in Schleswig-Holstein will refer patients of public
health insurance companies IKK Nord and IKK-Direkt suffering from chronic heart illnesses to PHTS Telemedizin for the reception of telemedicine services. PHTS Telemedizin (www.phts.de), through its monitoring centre based in Dusseldorf, will provide these patients suffering from chronic heart illnesses improved care around the clock.
Some of the PHTS Telemedizin (www.phts.de) partners in this integrated care solution are: IKK Nord, IKK-Direkt, Deutscher Hausärzteverband, Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein, Ärztegenossenschaft Schleswig-Holstein eG, 4K-Verbund der Kliniken Medizinisches Zentrum Klinikum Itzehoe, Westküstenkliniken Heide und Brunsbüttel gGmbH, FEK Friedrich-Ebert-Krankenhaus Neumünster GmbH, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig- Holstein Kiel and Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Lubeck.
Eyal Lewin, Managing Director of PHTS Telemedizin (www.phts.de), comments: "Schleswig-Holstein's vast territory is well suited for the application of cardiac telemedicine solutions and I am confident in our ability to improve the quality of care for the chronically ill."
Erez Alroy, Co-CEO of SHL Telemedicine, adds: "We are very pleased with the development in the German market. The cooperation with the health community in Schleswig-Holstein emphasizes PHTS Telemedizin's leading position in the German telemedicine market and its continuing growth and progress. The goal of this contract is to improve the quality of care and quality of life for chronically ill heart patients and at the same time achieve better cost-efficiency."
About SHL TeleMedicine
SHL TeleMedicine Ltd. is a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine
solutions to individuals and to the healthcare community. As a provider of remote health services in cardiology and in other medical areas, SHL maintains business operations in the US, Europe and Israel. SHL is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange, symbol SHLTN. For more information see www.shl-telemedicine.com.