SUSSEX, WI – QuadMed, which provides employer-sponsored healthcare solutions, will deploy telehealth technology across its network of worksite healthcare clinics through a new partnership with MDLiveCare.

MDLiveCare offers access to a network of board-certified physicians and licensed therapists, in conjunction with QuadMed’s network, providing healthcare services via secure video, telephone and email communication.

Under the agreement, QuadMed officials say they'll deploy MDLiveCare’s telehealth technology to create what they call ‘Virtual QuadMed’ approach that expands the scope of its clinics, giving employees and their family members another way to access QuadMed providers and services.

“Virtual QuadMed will allow us to extend our approach to patient care to a geographically distributed workforce to increase access to preventive care, and further manage healthcare costs for our customers and their employees,” said Tim Dickman, president of QuadMed, a subsidiary of global printer Quad/Graphics.

“QuadMed chose MDLiveCare as our telehealth strategic partner because its technology offers the best balance of customer functionality combined with seamless integration into our electronic medical records, delivering our patients the best continuity of care in a completely secure environment,” he added.

Officials tout the MDLiveCare platform's usability, security and performance, including full HIPAA and PCI compliance; high-definition video over typical consumer-grade internet connections and full integration with QuadMed’s electronic medical records system and Microsoft Health Vault.

These telehealth capabilities will allow QuadMed, which operates clinics for corporations such as MillerCoors and Briggs & Stratton Corp., to provide more convenient care to smaller employers and employers with a distributed workforce.

Integrating MDLiveCare’s technology platform with QuadMed’s healthcare solutions is a natural fit that will deliver immediate benefits to QuadMed, its customers and their patients, according to Randy Parker, MDLiveCare Chairman and CEO.

“MDLiveCare and QuadMed each offer market-leading solutions to help employer-sponsored health programs control costs while expanding access and improving outcomes,” Parker said. “Integrating the MDLiveCare platform to expand the reach and scope of QuadMed’s model delivers a perfect synergy.”