Top 25 Innovators - 2019
Safety & quality
Dr. Matthew Kaufman
CEO, StationMD
An emergency medicine physician, Kaufman got tired of seeing patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities being shipped off to the emergency department for non-emergency cases. So he founded StationMD, which allows patients in nursing homes, group homes or other residential facilities to be seen by physicians. Agencies using StationMD have seen an 85% drop in ED transfers and cost savings in the millions. Beyond that, the telemedicine program allows patients to stay in their community rather than go through the arduous process being treated in an ED. The results have had a positive impact on CMS quality measures for nursing facilities.