higi further invests in its client success capabilities and creating a network between its retailer partners and its enterprise customers

Chicago, IL – April 18, 2019 – higi, a consumer health access and engagement platform, today announced the formation of a cross-functional team dedicated to creating an ecosystem to advance the strategic goals of its partners and clients in a transformational way.The move comes on the heels of higi’s announcement of Darren Singer joining the company as GVP of Network Alliances. Singer’s deep experience with consumers, retailers and their shoppers, and patients will enable higi to develop this ecosystem across retail, payer, provider, and employer organizations with consumers at the center.The team will be led by Vicki Harter, the newly appointed VP of Client Success. Harter brings a deep history in population health and is an established leader known in the industry for building client success organizations.“Our unique strength is in our established network of smart health stations in retailers and points of trust in communities across the country,” says Jeff Bennett, higi’s CEO “and in the strategic relationships we have with each of our retail partners. By creating a more fully integrated team, led by Harter with Singer’s added expertise, we bring together the voices of customers across the ecosystem. Together we will collaborate to advance all of our strategic goals while providing critical access to healthcare programs and services on behalf of consumers.”higi’s partner and client ecosystem leverages its vast retail footprint as a critical point of access to care for consumers – directing consumers to appropriate care resources that best meet their specific health needs. One example of this network is in Florida, where higi partners with Publix Supermarkets to offer a free health screening and program to its shoppers.“higi acts as a strategic healthcare partner for our pharmacy business,” says Dain Rusk, Vice President of Pharmacy at Publix. “In collaboration with higi, we can better leverage on-site clinical resources to connect patients to care and fill needed prescriptions in our pharmacies. We’ve also been able to allow our pharmacists to support the health of a new set of patients.”As healthcare organizations continue to explore how to best outreach to and engage consumers, higi’s software platform and smart health station network provide both a physical and digital means to deliver more targeted and actionable healthcare education and services.##ABOUT HIGIhigi is a consumer health engagement company making it easier for consumers to measure, track and act on their health data through a free nationwide network of over 10,000 FDA-cleared self-screening smart health stations located in pharmacy retailers and other community points of trust.  Enhanced by over 80 different third-party integrations (i.e. apps, devices, monitors, EHRs and more), higi’s smart health stations connect across the existing healthcare ecosystem, bridging station activity with digital tools to interact with consumers on the go and extend engagement, making it easier for consumers to remain active in their health.  Healthcare stakeholders use higi as a new access point to better reach, connect with and activate targeted populations; collect biometric and other health determinant data to stratify and prioritize; motivate consumers to take specific actions at a point of care or within the expanding care ecosystem activated by higi connectivity.  To date, more than 56 million people have used a higi station to conduct over 322 million biometric tests.  For more information, visit us at www.higi.com.