About Intersect
Care delivery reimagined. Determined to make a difference.
Intersect is delivering transformational care delivery solutions to shift patient care from reactive, generalized treatment to proactive, personalized medicine.
Intersect is delivering transformational care delivery solutions to shift patient care from reactive, generalized treatment to proactive, personalized medicine.
Intersect On FHIR is the culmination of our visionary effort. It leverages modern interoperability standards to create a seamless, patient-centered digital health platform that not only integrates with existing EHR systems but also unlocks the power of real-time data, AI-driven insights, and personalized treatment strategies. By bridging the gap between legacy systems and future-ready solutions, Intersect On FHIR empowers healthcare organizations to deliver more efficient, precise, and sustainable care—truly revolutionizing the landscape of care delivery technology.
With passage of the Hitech Act mandating the the transition from paper to electronic health health records, Intersect forged partnerships with fledging EHR developers. Then, with no existing solutions for most healthcare organizations, many new applications were in development. At the beginning, there were separate certification paths for ambulatory and in-patient applications.
Intersect formed a strategic partnership with Relware. Relware, a Michigan developer, had a contract with the Henry Ford Health System to develop an EHR system to replace existing software. Their agreement stipulated that as part of their compensation, Relware was to have commercial rights to the software. The system, named Care Plus, Second Generation, was ready for launch. Intersect's agreed role was to be responsible for business development and customer management. Subsequently, following Henry Ford's launch of the system, Relware ceased operations and Intersect gained rights to the software.
Launched innovative solutions designed to enhance clinical workflows and data integration. The system, relaunched as the Intersect EHR, featured innovative capabilities such as a web-based infrastructure, care teaming, integrated care plans, and a self configurable user interface, was technically advanced far beyond any other market entry. Intersect ultimately was unable to secure funding to create the resources that were required to technically support the application.
Entered in to an agreement to bring to market a remote patient management application. Introduced AI-driven predictive analytics to alert care team of needed teatment mitigation.
Launched Intersect On FHIR—our comprehensive digital health platform that revolutionizes care delivery by seamlessly integrating modern interoperability standards with advanced AI insights. The initial use-case was for patients with asthma and expanded to complex chronic disease management, maternal health managment and genomic medicine.
Our mission is to elevate virtual care by integrating innovative digital health technologies with personalized patient engagement strategies, ensuring that every patient receives timely, efficient, and accessible care—transforming healthcare delivery in the digital age regardless of where they live. This is important because access to high-quality care should be available to everyone. Proactive care made available by digital health can improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care. For clinicians and healthcare systems, benefits include reduced emergency department and inpatient readmissions, greater efficiency, reduced costs, and the potential for additional revenue.
Our vision is guided by our determination to create a solution that meets the needs of all stakeholders—healthcare systems, clinicians, patients, and Intersect. We believe that if it doesn't work for each, it won't work for any. That vision is manifested in the design of our system, the features we include, and the services we provide.
Our values form the foundation of our approach, enabling clinicians to deliver innovative, collaborative, patient-centered care—whether they serve expectant mothers in a maternal healthcare "desert" or patients with comorbidities in urban settings.
As a sesrial entepreneur, Larry has been immersed in the creation and sale of electronic health records and care delivery system since 2008. Larry has relied on those experiences to design Intersect on FHIR. Larry holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern where he also attended undergraduate school.
Dr. Thomas is a practicing physician at Endeavor Health in Evanston, Illinois with Board Certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Thomas earned her MD credential at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Her Internship and Residency were at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. For severl years, she has been named to a pulication list of "Chicago's Top Doctors."
Dr.Gibson, is affiliated with UNC Health and specializes in General Peditrics and Adolescent Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Suke University. Her Ph.D. was focused on genomics. While there, she received a number of honors including a Duke School of Medicine Precision Medicine Graduate Studennt Research Grant. She earned a B.A. degree from Columbia University in Environmental Biology.
Dr. Abar is a healthcare AI researcher with history of high honors during his M.D., PhD. program at Duke University. He was awarded with his Ph.D in March of 2023 and Hs M.D. in June of 2024. Also at Duke, he earned an MHS in June of 2022. He was awarded a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University with General and Departmental Honors. In 2023 at Duke, he received a Dean's award for Excellence in Mentoring. His contributions to science are numerous and reflect his interest in the intersection of medicine and engineering.
Dr. Masood is a practicing physician at Northwestern Medicine with Board Certifications form the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is also a member of The Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University which aims to provide innovative patient care, education and research in the field of integrative medicine. Dr. Masood holds the title of Vice Chief of Medicine.
Dr. Abar is a computer scientist with over 30 years of experience in research computing. He was involved in designing and implementing the world's first distributed computing farm. During his career, Dr. Abar has been insturmental in creating three highly success analytical software startup companies. His expertise lies in his deep technical expertise around big data technologies, machine learning, and AI application development.
Genetica hosts Intersect's cloud data repository and provides the AI tools that are contained in there. Genetica is a global leader in that space. Genetica founder Farhad Abar also serves Intersect as a technology advisor.
CodeX is a Member-driven HL7 FHIR Accelerator hosting a growing community working together to enable FHIR-based interoperability that drives substantial improvements around the most important challenges and opportunities in patient health. Intersect Healthcare Systems is an invited member of th e GenomeX domain focused on Genomics Use Cases.
Intersect in a member of the University of Florida Innovate community with our home in the UF Innovation Hub.
At the heart of our system is a cloud data repository, which serves as the central hub from which all other functionalities are driven. Our technology leverages a FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) infrastructure to enable real-time interoperability—a capability mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act. This regulation requires EHR systems to implement FHIR APIs for data sharing, ensuring that when a patient record is accessed, it is automatically populated with the latest information. Our patient mobile application, running on an Android tablet with an integrated wireless data plan, acts as a vital data source. This application not only hosts FDA-approved wearable devices (connected via Bluetooth) but also captures test results through FHIR APIs that mirror the master patient record. Once test data is collected, the mobile application pushes it to the cloud repository via its wireless connection, simultaneously updating the EHR record. Beyond facilitating test-taking—including support for devices that emit continuous data streams—the mobile application empowers patients by:
Clinicians access the system through a secure point-of-care front-end application that features role-based permissions. This ensures that each user only views information for which they are authorized. Clinicians log in to a personalized dashboard where they can navigate to the information they need with a single click. Dashboards contain a selection of individual panels, each populated with information specific to their tasks: My Patients, My appointments, My Reminders, dtc. All of the lists within each are scrollable, searchable, and clickable. For providers, most are related to patient records. Providers can also create eConsults, granting specialists patient record access as needed. Additionally, the system integrates with Google Meet, allowing clinicians to conduct virtual visits with patients who participate using their tablets. Genomics capabilities under development, in addition to integrating clinical and genomic data and sharing it across or between organizations, will enable the capability for genomics test ordering, genomics data collection, reporting, findings and implications, and study. Underpinning the entire process, AI models are deployed to enhance data analysis and optimize care delivery processes.
Significant innovation results from exclusive use of the FHIR™ Resources Library. The entire system was exclusively developed with FHIR Resources, which we believe is the first-time an entire care delivery platform has been created using the standard. The HL7/FHIR™ (Fast Healthcare Interopererability Resources) standard defines how healthcare information can be exchanged between different computer systems regardless of how it is stored in those systems. It allows healthcare information, including clinical and administrative data, to be available securely to those who have a need to access it, and to those who have a right to do so for the benefit of a patient receiving care. This technology has a standards-based ontology that is adapted to create both genetic data and the patient's clinical records. That integration is crucial to accelerating the integration of precision medicine and to make sense of genetic testsing results in a complete clinical context. In addition to genomic medicine, Intersect is the first ever itteration of a virtual care delivery system able to deliver comprehensive care. That capability is created because providers will have access to the combination of data created in during previous encounters and data captured from prescribed wearable devices and genomic testing.
At INTERSECT, innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our technology is engineered to transform care delivery by bridging the gap between outdated systems and the future of healthcare. We’re committed to creating seamless, intelligent digital solutions that empower both patients and clinicians—ensuring every patient receives timely, personalized care, and every healthcare provider has the tools to make informed, life-changing decisions.