Bon Secours Mercy Health and Philips sign multi-year strategic partnership

July 17, 2024

Patient monitoring platform that provides tools and time to support patients at over 40 care sites

Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Cincinnati, Ohio – Philips Royal (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in healthcare technology and Good help Mercy Health (BSMH), one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country, today announced a multi-year strategic collaboration for patient monitoring. By putting BSMH physicians in control, the collaboration will reduce the digital burden on staff and give them more time to spend with patients.

The partnership provides access to Philips’ latest monitoring innovations, including a scalable patient monitoring platform that integrates patient data and delivers vital insights. It will standardize patient monitoring for all BSMH’s 49 hospitals, reducing costs through a predictable payment model and enabling greater reinvestment in innovation.

“This collaboration is part of our commitment to drive improved quality of care while reducing costs and addressing health issues facing entire communities,” said Jodi Pahl, chief nursing officer for workforce experience and nursing outcomes at Bon Secours Mercy Health. “This 10-year journey will bring about innovations that will transform the delivery of health care.”

BSMH provides care to patients more than 11 million times a year through its network of more than 1,200 care sites, 60,000 associates and 49 hospitals serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as Ireland.

“With implementation taking place over the next three years, followed by seven years of maintenance and upgrades, we are positioned to be at the forefront of technology,” Pahl said. “This elevates our Mission to improve the health and well-being of our communities and supports our commitments to innovation and responsible stewardship.”

Julia Strandberg, Business Director for Connected Care at Philips, said: “This partnership is a testament to BSMH’s focus on strong clinical engagement and our combined commitment to improving the patient and staff experience. As BSMH’s clinical technology partner, we are striving to understand their needs and apply innovative technologies that can improve patient outcomes. BSMH is committed to delivering quality care to more people by removing time-consuming data barriers for their staff.”

For more information contact:

Silvie Casanova, Philips North America, Tel: +1 781 879-0692, Email: (email protected)

Mark Groves, Philips External Relations, Tel: +31 631 639 916, Email: (email protected)

Emma Swann, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Tel: +1 804 837-0413, Email: (email protected)

About Bon Secours Mercy Health

Good help Mercy Health (BSMH) is one of the 20 largest health systems in the United States and the fifth largest Catholic health system in the country. The ministry’s compassionate, quality care is delivered by more than 60,000 associates serving communities in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as throughout Ireland. Bon Secours Mercy Health provides care to patients more than 11 million times a year through its network of more than 1,200 care sites, which includes 49 hospitals. In 2023, BSMH provided more than $600 million in community investments across five states, ensuring that cost is not a barrier to health care for our patients in need. In addition to charitable care, BSMH invests in programs that address chronic disease, affordable housing, access to healthy food, education and wellness programs, transportation, workforce development, and other social determinants of health that directly impact the communities we serve. The mission of Bon Secours Mercy Health is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of its communities and providing help to those in need, especially the poor, dying and marginalized. For more information, visit https://bsmhealth.org/.

About Royal Philips

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading healthcare technology company focused on improving people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Philips’ patient- and people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare providers and their patients in the hospital and at home. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, image-guided therapy, monitoring and enterprise informatics, as well as personal health. Philips generated 2023 sales of €18.2 billion and employs approximately 69,100 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.