Shulkin said the firm seeks to use quality data as an incentive to improve care, not as a way to disparage caregivers. Doctors and hospitals that demonstrate high quality will attract more patients, he said. It is keeping costs low by selling to employers, unions, doctors, hospitals, HMOs and other groups. The firm's early financial performance appears promising. The firm has enough cash on hand to last five years at its current rate of spending, he added.
Customers appear enthusiastic.
Bethlehem Steel will be offering DoctorQuality's data to its 137,000 workers, retirees and their dependents starting early next year. We want to arm . . . This presented a cost-effective way to do this. Most of DoctorQuality's founders are entrepreneurial-minded refugees from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, where Shulkin was chief medical officer. David B. Bernard served as head of Penn's nationally recognized disease management programs before becoming DoctorQuality's chief medical officer.