Chicago-based Rush University System for Health announced an agreement with Transcarent, a digital health platform for self-insured employers, to enhance medical care options for 9,000 Rush employees and their families.
The Transcarent digital health app will be available to Rush health system employees in February and will provide personalized health guides, tools and resources to enhance Rush-sponsored medical care options. The application aims to minimize costs for employees and the health system, according to a Feb. 18 press release.
Here's what the app has to offer:
- Digital tools for employees to research symptoms, find providers and access Transcarent’s health guides and clinical teams via chat, phone or video.
- Access to physicians, free second opinions and surgery management for bariatric and joint replacement procedures through Rush Centers of Excellence.
- Guidance on care choices.