Smart Clinic Inks Deal with American College of Gastroenterology: Innovative mHealth Application Now Available to ACG’s 12,500+ Members
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 14, 2014 -- Smart Clinic recently announced it has signed a software marketing and distribution agreement with the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). Through this agreement, ACG will market Smart Clinic’s innovative mobile health (mHealth) application for distribution to its current members worldwide, at a significantly discounted rate on both the ongoing monthly fee and one-time set up fee.
“I speak for the entire Smart Clinic team when I say how excited we are to partner with ACG on this initiative,” said Paul Berggreen, MD, founder and CEO of Smart Clinic and president of Arizona Digestive Health. “We envision a productive and long term relationship with ACG and are excited to provide our app to ACG members looking to enhance their patients’ experience.”
Conceived and designed by a leading gastroenterologist, Smart Clinic encompasses functionality that has been clinically proven to increase bowel preparation compliance in patients, consequently improving colonoscopy quality. The only app of its kind, Smart Clinic incorporates trackable patient compliance and enhances patient engagement, communication and satisfaction while also cutting office overhead.
“The College is committed to improving care for patients with digestive disorders and improving colorectal cancer screening so this innovative app provides a powerful tool for our members,” said Harry E. Sarles, Jr., MD, FACG, ACG President. “Upon learning about Smart Clinic, we were impressed with the app’s unique features and saw an opportunity to provide cutting edge products and services to our members which will benefit their patients and public health.”
The ACG is comprised of over 13,000 physicians in 86 countries. Its mission is to advance world-class care for patients with gastrointestinal disorders through excellence, innovation and advocacy in the areas of scientific investigation, education, prevention and treatment.
Clinics and hospital systems interested in learning more about Smart Clinic are encouraged to schedule a live demo of version 2.0 at http://learn.smartclinicapp.com/request-a-live-smart-clinic-demo-acg.
Patients whose clinics already use the app can download it free on the App Store and Google Play.
About Smart Clinic
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in the Phoenix area, Smart Clinic is a physician-conceived and designed mHealth application that allows for trackable patient compliance and effective, confirmable two-way communication. The first app of its kind, Smart Clinic enhances patient engagement, compliance and satisfaction, while streamlining back office workflow. For more information, visit http://www.smartclinicapp.com.
About the American College of Gastroenterology
Founded in 1932, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is an organization with an international membership of more than13,000 individuals from 86 countries. The College is committed to serving the clinically oriented digestive disease specialist through its emphasis on scholarly practice, teaching and research. The mission of the College is to serve the evolving needs of physicians in the delivery of high quality, scientifically sound, humanistic, ethical, and cost-effective health care to gastroenterology patients. http://www.gi.org
Christopher Morris, Pyxl, http://www.thinkpyxl.com, 303-938-6881, [email protected]
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