(Seattle, Washington) – March 1, 2016 – CHI Franciscan Health was honored with a 2016 Leaders in Health Care Award from Seattle Business Magazine at a dinner held on Feb. 25, 2016 at the Seattle Marriot Waterfront. The CHI Franciscan Care Transformation Team was the winner of the Health Care Delivery category for their use of virtual urgent care and diabetes education, implementation of regional telemetry monitoring of patient’s heart rhythms, and virtual intensive care unit monitoring.

Matt Levi, director of care transformation and virtual health services for CHI Franciscan accepted the award acknowledging that the launch of CHI Franciscan’s virtual urgent care service helped the system look at other care models.

“The success we are experiencing with virtual urgent care gave us a solid foundation to launch a growing suite of virtual health services including virtual intensive care nursing support and diabetes management,” commented Levi. “Thanks to the success of virtual urgent care, our patients and communities have come to expect a higher level of access and great care from CHI Franciscan Health.”

For a complete list of winners of the 2016 Leaders in Health Care Awards visit seattlebusinessmag.com. For more on CHI Franciscan’s virtual health services visit us at www.franciscancarenow.org