Avicenna Medical Systems recently signed a contract with the
VA Health System Region 11, a move that will help deploy the startup's software platform in a number of medical institutions.
"That includes 11 hospitals and 20 site clinics," says Khaled El-Safty, co-founder & CTO of
Avicenna Medical Systems. "We are working day and night to deploy it."
Avicenna Medical Systems' software platform is called AviTracks, which enables users to better manage treatment of their chronic diseases from home. It's aimed at people who utilize blood thinners or monitor cardiac rhythms. The idea is to lessen the information burden on healthcare IT systems, freeing medical staff to maximize time with patients and employ best practices for treatment.
The 7-year-old company's contract with the VA is set to last three years starting this summer. Avicenna Medical Systems is now looking to get into more regions of the VA health system now that it has signed one contract.
"Getting into the VA is one of the harder things we accomplished," El-Safty says.
Avicenna Medical Systems currently employs a staff of four people. It is looking to hire three more before the end of the year, including an account manager and software developer.
Source: Khaled El-Safty, co-founder & CTO of Avicenna Medical Systems
Writer: Jon Zemke
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