Empower Health
Empower Health is our signature NCD program in Kenya and is a landmark public-private partnership at the national scale for effective and efficient chronic disease management. Other programs in Kenya have grown from its success.
Kenya
Overview
Our aim was ambitious: to enable national and local health systems to manage chronic diseases for all patients.
After its success in the private and social sectors, we launched Empower Health in Kenya in 2017 as a landmark Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Ministry of Health of Kenya, the County Governments of Makueni, Kakamega and Nyeri, Medtronic LABS, and Kenya Defeat Diabetes Association.
Together with our partners, Medtronic LABS developed a technology-enabled model of care with patients at the center, but with the larger system in mind. We take a population health approach to chronic disease: we screen, diagnose, risk-stratify, manage, and improve clinical outcomes for patients as early as possible and as efficiently as possible.
Today, Empower Health, is poised to be the digitally enabled standard of care for chronic disease in Kenya. Medtronic LABS is supporting the full integration of our technology and model into the health system, truly living up to the name, ‘lasting health’.
FY20 Impact Report
I have been struggling with high blood pressure for a while. Since Afya Dumu launched in Nyeri County, I visit my local Health Center more regularly.
Mary, 52 Nyeri, KenyaHow it works
Community screening
Our field operations experts work alongside Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) to screen people directly in the community.
The program builds awareness and screens patients for hypertension and diabetes. Community screening leverages our Spice platform and point of care diagnostics.
Diagnosis and enrollment
Those eligible are referred to the nearest health facility where medical staff confirm the diagnosis and enroll patients into the Empower Health program.
Upon enrolment, each patient receives a risk score, based on our WHO-approved clinical algorithm. The risk score supports a personalized care plan for each patient.
Community-based management
Patients engage in services customized to their unique care plan.
CHVs follow-up with patients directly in the community to monitor blood pressure and blood glucose based on their risk. Meanwhile, patients participate in tailored tele-counseling, SMS-based programming, and peer support groups.
Clinical decision support
Throughout the program, care teams have access to real-time, longitudinal data for enhanced chronic disease management.
If a patient receives a high reading during a CHW follow-up visit, the clinician is immediately notified. Clinicians can follow-up with patients via tele-medicine, write or change digital prescriptions, edit the care plan and more.
The program builds awareness and screens patients for hypertension and diabetes. Community screening leverages our Spice platform and point of care diagnostics.
Upon enrolment, each patient receives a risk score, based on our WHO-approved clinical algorithm. The risk score supports a personalized care plan for each patient.
CHVs follow-up with patients directly in the community to monitor blood pressure and blood glucose based on their risk. Meanwhile, patients participate in tailored tele-counseling, SMS-based programming, and peer support groups.
If a patient receives a high reading during a CHW follow-up visit, the clinician is immediately notified. Clinicians can follow-up with patients via tele-medicine, write or change digital prescriptions, edit the care plan and more.
Technology Highlights
Interoperability
Our platform is fully integrated into the health system
Patient Engagement
Empower Health patients experience tailored education and support to intervene when it matters most
Data Analytics
Our data analytics capabilities support a population health approach to chronic disease
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