Cox Communications https://cox.com and Lafayette General Health (LGH) System https://lafayettegeneral.com have announced a partnership to aid in developing new technologies to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
The collaboration is a first step in a multi-year effort to develop new solutions to help improve hospital operations, patient experiences, and move more healthcare to the home. Future initiatives may include deploying and testing additional telemedicine, digital, and patient monitoring solutions .
The goals are to work in partnership with Cox’s New Growth and Development Organization and Lafayette General Health’s Innovation Fund.(HIF). HIF is a corporate venture fund that supports emerging companies driving transformation and innovation in healthcare.
HIF’s approach is to work with their investors Acadian Companies, LGH, LHC Group, Ochsner Health System, and the William C. Schumacher Family Foundation. LGH will serve as a sandbox beta site to test and improve novel healthcare solutions to be used at LGH and other healthcare systems in the country.
LGH and Cox have worked together through the years. Recently, Cox provided all Southwest Louisiana residents with a specific video on-demand channel that included local telemedicine options, including Health Anywhere, information from LGH, all news programs and sources related to COVID-19, newest updates from CDC, and updates from the World Health Organization.