Atlantic Health and K Health Launch Innovative AI Platform to Improve Access to Care Across New Jersey

Atlantic Health Patient GPT - New Jersey's first AI-enabled digital front door delivers trusted, personalized health guidance, and connects patients to a clinician when they need one

MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlantic Health, a fully integrated health system setting standards for quality care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area, and K Health, a leader in AI-enabled care delivery, today announced the launch of two transformative innovations: Atlantic Health PatientGPT, a first-of-its-kind clinical AI tool that helps patients understand their health, find the right level of care, and connect directly to Atlantic Health clinicians, and Virtual Primary Care, convenient, any time access to trusted primary care physicians.

Atlantic Health PatientGPT does far more than answer general health questions. It is integrated with the health system's electronic health record and patient portal, delivering trusted, personalized health information grounded in each patient's medical profile. Atlantic Health PatientGPT helps individuals explore and better understand symptoms and health concerns. Designed with convenience in mind, the tool seamlessly connects with Atlantic Health services and care teams, and when needed, empowers individuals to schedule same-day, same-hour appointments with Atlantic Virtual Primary Care in just a few clicks.

Together, Atlantic Health PatientGPT and Virtual Primary Care form a connected digital front door to Atlantic Health, creating a centralized starting point for patients to begin by asking a health question and be guided all the way through to receiving the care they need. As the first platform of its kind in New Jersey, it expands access while providing trusted guidance for a coordinated healthcare journey. As Atlantic Health continually strives to meet patients in ways most easily accessible to them, these new technologies also allow the system to achieve operational and clinical efficiencies. Not only are patients able to connect to Atlantic Health without the need of a physical location, but they are conveniently and quickly connected to those services most appropriate for their unique needs.

"The best use of AI in healthcare makes care more human, not less," said Saad Ehtisham, President and CEO, Atlantic Health. "Technology should strengthen the connection between patients and clinicians, reduce barriers to care, and help people get the right care at the right time. These innovations reflect our commitment to making care more accessible while enhancing consumer experience, and they are a meaningful step toward our vision of becoming a national leader in healthcare."

“PatientGPT is a game changer in how patients get high-quality answers to their health and lifestyle questions. It’s grounded in their own medical record and connected end-to-end into Atlantic Health's care delivery system," said Allon Bloch, co-founder and CEO of K Health. "This changes how patients access high-quality medicine, whether the need is acute, chronic, or preventive, and provides 24/7 support from everyday care to complex needs."

"Trust is the whole game in clinical AI. Patients and clinicians have to know the technology is safe before it can be useful," said Ran Shaul, co-founder and chief product officer at Health. "PatientGPT is now live across multiple leading health systems, and every deployment is built on the same foundation: clinician-led decisioning and policy documentation."

Atlantic Health PatientGPT is launching in an introductory “beta phase” and will roll out gradually to users across New Jersey over the next few months. It does not replace physician care, but rather, supports a patient’s ability to be actively involved in their own care.

How Atlantic Health PatientGPT works:

• Trusted, personalized guidance: Patients ask questions in everyday language and receive information tailored to their situation rather than generic search results.
• Integrated with MyChart: The experience connects to patients’ medical records, drawing on relevant context to give more meaningful responses.
• Right care, right time: Atlantic Health PatientGPT helps patients understand the most appropriate level of care for what they're experiencing.
• Seamless connection to a clinician: When treatments and appointments are appropriate, patients connect directly to an Atlantic Health clinician, including through Atlantic Health Virtual Primary Care.

About K Health

K Health is a leading AI-enabled clinical care company focused on managing large patient populations within health systems. The company provides high-quality primary care at scale, both virtually and in-person, and is expanding into specialties such as endocrinology and cardiology. Its health system partners include Mass General Brigham, Mayo Clinic, Northwell Health, Hartford HealthCare, Novant Health, Cedars-Sinai, Hackensack Meridian Health, Penn Medicine, and Atlantic Health, along with additional health system partners yet to be announced. K Health's clinical AI has powered over 4 million patient visits, serving thousands of new users daily. K Health is headquartered in New York, NY, and has raised over $400M in venture capital since launching in November 2016. For more information, please visit khealth.com.

About Atlantic Health

Atlantic Health is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality healthcare in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 25,000 team members and more than 5,667 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.

The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.

The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with almost 2,000 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 4,000 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.

Atlantic Health provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 26 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.

Founded by Atlantic Health, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Centers and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.