Oatmeal Health Expands Cancer Screening Services to Arizona with El Rio Health
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SAN DIEGO - Californer -- Oatmeal Health Startup Partners with El Rio Health to Expand Lung Cancer Screenings to Underserved Americans In Arizona

Oatmeal Health, a technology-enabled virtual nodule cancer clinic and patient engagement startup providing high-quality lung cancer screenings for high-risk underserved Americans, today announced a partnership with El Rio Health, an FQHC with 13 locations in Tucson Arizona.

Doug Spegman M.D., MSPH, FACP, Chief Clinical Officer for El Rio Health

"Partnering with Oatmeal Health on this proof-of-concept project is important in terms of advancing lung cancer screening as a public health initiative. Equally important is bringing this opportunity to the patients we serve within the community health center movement who frequently suffer disproportionately, barriers to healthcare and lack of access to innovations in healthcare screening"

We plan to close the care gap by leveraging technology as a service to efficiently identify and screen underserved patients in Arizona for cancer, starting with lung, year after year.

1. Patient Identification:  Oatmeal plans to help identify high-risk patients for lung cancer using machine learning and AI and facilitate the shared decision-making visit to place the order for the CT scan.
2. Patient CT Scan Logistics: Once determined the patient is at high-risk, Oatmeal Health's team can assist patients with scheduling their appointments and transportation if needed.
3. Virtual Cancer Nodule Clinic: After the patient has completed the CT scan, Oatmeal's virtual AI-enabled nodule clinic ensures patients are directed to appropriate follow-up, which for most is a scan every year.

Co-Founders of Oatmeal Health, Ty Vachon M.D. and Jonathan Govette are on a mission to prevent millions of deaths from chronic disease by addressing the $3.7T market in the FQHC and health plan market.  The sad fact is each year, more people die of lung cancer than of breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined, and that is why Oatmeal plans to focus on lung cancer before expanding into other cancer screening services in the future.

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Having watched firsthand as the founder's families and friends died of cancer, Oatmeal Health was launched as a resource to deliver white-glove, concierge care to underserved Americans. With backgrounds in radiology, machine learning, computer vision, and data privacy, Vachon, a Navy veteran, and Govette, prior CEO of a digital health e-consult/referral platform, decided it was time to make a dramatic difference in how patients are screened for cancer.

Learn more - https://oatmealhealth.com/oatmeal-health-expands-cancer-screening-services-to-arizona-and-announces-a-partnership-with-el-rio-health/