Plum Healthcare has joined Netsmart in a 10-year strategic partnership, the companies announced.
Plum will use Netsmart’s electronic health record solution, myUnity, that combines all patient information within a single patient record across care settings.
“Plum is very much an innovative, forward-thinking organization,” said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine. “Plum understands the complexities of healthcare, especially from a whole-person and value-based care perspective. As an organization, they are committed to help shape the future of how care is delivered in skilled nursing.”
Plum is planning on expanding into new service lines and offerings across more than 50 facilities throughout California and Nevada. Plum and Netsmart will merge their technology teams as Plum plans to create and manage an accountable care organizations.
“With this partnership, we are capitalizing on the superior configurability and interoperability of the Netsmart suite of solutions to design and implement systems that support our unique approach to providing care,” said Plum CEO Cory Christensen. “We recognize the need to better support our more than 50 facilities while also proactively taking steps to create what we need for future success as we partner with providers to collaborate and improve outcomes.”
