NantHealth: Technology-driven, value-based solutions for better healthcare

“NantHealth’s software is at the intersection of precision medicine and value-based care. Our tools strengthen the relationship and coordination between payers and providers in the service of patients.”

Healthcare is one of the fastest and rapidly growing verticals that are dedicated to providing quality care. It is a massive field that constantly needs to be enhanced and improved to meet the growing needs of the people. With the growing number of ailments and diseases, the field of healthcare is becoming highly demanding, with increased dependence of patients who are seeking quality care and services.

And this is where NantHealth aims to bring a transformational change with its quality products and services. Founded in 2007, NantHealth is one of the constituent companies of NantWorks. NantHealth is focused on developing a range of healthcare solutions. The company aims to bridge the communication gap between payers and providers by eliminating the barriers which they are addressing through their payer-provider collaboration platform.

History

NantHealth was founded by Patrick Soon-Shiong in the year 2007 as a company that offers fiber-optic, cloud-based data infrastructure to share healthcare information. In 2011, Shiong founded NantWorks, a network of health and technology startups, which NantHealth is a part of.

NantHealth’s Products

Healthcare is a huge field which is growing and expanding fast with the incorporation of advanced technologies in various sectors of healthcare. And this growth will not slow down in the coming future. Many companies are trying to integrate technology into their operations but not many have been successful.

“Your priority is providing patients with high-quality care. Our priority is providing you with tools that optimize how you operate. By combining precision medicine with leading-edge technology, the NantHealth product suite harnesses data to drive more efficient patient outcomes.”

NantHealth is one such company that has greatly integrated leading-edge technology into its core products, thus bringing to the forefront its technology-driven products, which are gaining immense popularity. NantHealth’s technology ensures that most of its client’s crucial operations are hassle free and easy.

“NantHealth enables the use of cutting-edge data and technology toward the goals of empowering clinical decision support and improving patient outcomes.”

The company offers three products namely NaviNet, Eviti, and Precision Insights.

• NaviNet: It is a leading payer-provider collaboration platform. With this product, the company aims to strengthen payer-provider relationship by providing a secure, easy-to-use platform for communication. The ultimate goal of NaviNet is to deliver the best and high quality care and services to patients
• Eviti: It is another product of the company which is a web-based oncology decision support platform. It provides high-quality cancer care with an easy access to a library that comprises of evidence-based treatment standards and protocols
• Precision Insights: It is a product that involves a study called GPS Cancer which is performed on the cancer patients to devise a treatment plan for each patient by studying unique biology of their tumor

NantHealth’s noteworthy accomplishments

Every company strives to be the best in its area of operation. And needless to say, the determining factor in a company’s success is its quality of services and products. It is mainly the quality of services and products offered by a company that gives it an identity and recognition in the market. And NantHealth is one such example of a company which has garnered some noteworthy achievements with its high quality and value-based care.

“NantHealth enables the use of cutting-edge data and technology toward the goals of empowering clinical decision support and improving patient outcomes.”

• NantHealth and NantOmics, the leader in molecular analysis developed GPS Cancer Platform to improve clinical trial design of combination strategies by identifying the cancer type through an analysis of any relationship and specific association between immunoregulatory molecules and genomic mutations

• NantHealth and NantOmics together presented a novel AI-based digital pathology software for lung cancer. The software employs methods for identifying tumor infiltrating cells of lung cancer from whole slide images

Core values of NantHealth

Every company has its set of values which greatly contribute to its success. NantHealth too has its set of core values which acts as guiding principles in all its decisions and has led the company to great heights.

Its core values have helped it bind the company together across sites, departments, and functions. Through clarity, empathy, collaboration, integrity, a sense of community and a pioneering approach the company has created a vibrant culture that fosters great ideas and supports growth of people, driving the company towards success.

Meet the Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors at NantHealth since its founding in July 2010. He holds expertise as a physician, surgeon, and scientist. Dr. Shiong is popularly known as the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which is used for the treatment of lung, breast and pancreatic cancer. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and has more than 230 issued patents worldwide on advancements spanning the fields of technology and medicine.

“NantHealth is dedicated to strengthening relationships, sharing knowledge, collecting data, and facilitating collaboration in service of better patient outcomes.”

Recognition 

In 2017, NantHealth was ranked 304 in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500.