Boston, MA 06/18/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Castlight Health Inc (NYSE:CSLT), a prime brand in healthcare information company unfolds its technology segment to collaborate with Grand Rounds, another digital health company. Grand Rounds provide world class treatment to patients by providing them superior medical guidance of top experts. Grand Rounds facilities are available via Castlight platform now.
How Will It Work?
Castlight supports corporate business groups to manage healthcare related expenditures and privilege employees along with their families to take informed decisions about costs and related healthcare services. Grand Rounds support people by providing top physicians which can be accessible to anyone, everyone and at any place with suitable treatments and better diagnoses. Medical guidance is available to employees via virtual clinic by Grand Rounds Opinions. For example if an employee needs orthopaedics expert, he will search for insurance providers using Castlight by filtering data like cost, quality, availability etc. If the expert finds out something serious, the patient can get it reviewed by using top orthopaedic expert accessing Grand Rounds. Grand Rounds maintains the record in digital format and upload on its virtual clinic. This enables the specialist to monitor the case and provide expert opinion within stipulated time period. Previously employee had to struggle hard to search for the right provider and wait for weeks to get an appointment, making over all process quite tedious.
As per Owen Tripp, CEO, Grand Rounds, Qualitative medical care should be provided to everyone and Grand rounds is capable of saving one’s money, life and time irrespective of geographical location. Castlight will accelerate this process to support Grand Rounds Mission.
The Other Benefits
Castlight is a set of applications based on cloud computing, being delivered using software as a service (SaaS) model. The company has 4 Solution Centres i.e. Insights, Connect, Controls & Care. With the help of these solution centres, Castlight participates with allies like Grand Rounds. Third party integration offer services like Tele healthcare & on site clinic providers, wellness tips, advocacy services, appointment scheduling etc. Castlight Health Inc (NYSE:CSLT) empowers corporates to provide one stop shop under single roof to all employees.
