IGI Health bringing tech suite to Barnabas Health

NJBIZ STAFF//March 4, 2013//

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IGI Health, a provider of health care IT products, announced today it will partner with Barnabas Health to bring its Orbit ACO solution suite to the nonprofit health system.According to an announcement from IGI, the Orbit platform is designed to help Barnabas, which has hospitals across New Jersey, improve its accountable care organization by identifying gaps in care, variances, cost drivers, cost trends, and other significant clinical and financial factors that influence the costs of an ACO. ACOs represent a new approach to health care delivery that seeks to coordinate medical care, engage patients in their own wellness, and improve health and control costs.
IGI, of Piscataway, did not disclose financial terms of the deal in its announcement.