SonarMD utilizes a digital monitoring platform to track gastrointestinal health in patients with chronic conditions, enabling early detection of clinical decline through personalized health assessments and a proprietary scoring algorithm. This proactive approach reduces hospitalizations by 50% and lowers annual healthcare costs by over $3,000 per patient.
Funding
$20M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) conditions often experience unpredictable flare-ups and a gradual decline in health between clinic visits. Detecting these deteriorations early is challenging, leading to delayed interventions, increased hospitalizations, and higher healthcare costs.
Solution
SonarMD offers a digital health platform that continuously monitors GI health for patients with chronic conditions, enabling proactive detection of clinical decline. Patients complete monthly health assessments via secure email or text, answering questions based on validated surveys such as the Crohn’s Disease Activity Index and Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Index. A proprietary algorithm analyzes these responses to generate a personalized "Sonar Score," which represents the patient's current condition and trends over time. When the Sonar Score indicates a potential decline, a care coordination team contacts the patient to gather more details, and an alert is sent to the patient's practice to facilitate timely intervention and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes health plans and providers seeking a value-based care solution to improve outcomes and reduce costs for patients with chronic GI conditions, as well as patients with IBD.
Features
- Monthly patient health assessments delivered via secure email or text
- Proprietary algorithm generating a personalized "Sonar Score" to track patient condition
- Continuous monitoring of Sonar Scores to detect trends and potential clinical decline
- Automated alerts to the care coordination team and patient's practice when a decline is detected
- Care coordination team outreach to patients for detailed information gathering
- Periodic reports for practices on patient enrollment, response rates, and performance compared to other practices
- Secure platform ensuring patient data privacy and compliance