NEW YORK: St. Joseph’s Health and Renalytix plc (NASDAQ: RNLX) (LSE: RENX) today announced a partnership to implement an advanced clinical care model designed to improve kidney health in patients with type 2 diabetes and early-stage chronic kidney disease. The Renalytix KidneyIntelX platform will be integrated with St. Joseph’s Health care management to help prevent patients with diabetes and early-stage kidney disease from unnecessarily progressing to significant disease and/or kidney failure. KidneyIntelX is designed to enable primary care and specialist physicians to easily understand risk and implement St. Joseph’s Health medication management, nutrition and education intervention protocols on a timely basis. 

St. Joseph’s Health is part of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the U.S., serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 25 states. KidneyIntelX test risk assessment will be available through St. Joseph’s Hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system, providing access to primary care physicians, endocrinologists, nephrologists, and care teams.

“A challenge in healthcare is that approximately 35 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and 20% of those patients with diabetes will progress to kidney failure. The Renalytix IVD test is the first tool to enable early-stage progression risk assessment in early diabetic kidney disease,” said Paul Fiacco, MD, Medical Director, Trinity Health Integrated Care ACO and President of CNY AIM (a clinically integrated network affiliated with St. Joseph’s Health). “This risk assessment allows primary care clinicians to provide early intervention to their identified high-risk patients to prevent future disease progression to kidney failure. This partnership with Renalytix is motivated by our common desire to expand our value proposition to larger populations and further strengthen our population health management capabilities.” 

“St. Joseph’s Health is involved in several different value-based, accountable care agreements, including, but not limited to, the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Accountable Cost Quality Agreement,” said Mike Endries, Executive Director, CNY AIM (www.cnyaim.org). “These accountable care agreements encourage our providers to employ population health management initiatives and to engage with patients in the early identification and treatment of chronic disease. The partnership with Renalytix furthers our efforts to create a physician-led, people-centered health care system that improves the health care outcomes of our patients, specifically those who may be at risk for early-stage CKD.” 

“St. Joseph’s Health shares our forward-thinking, patient-centric approach to changing the standard of care in kidney health. St. Joseph’s Health’s early-stage chronic kidney disease care model, powered by KidneyIntelX, is expected to drive improved clinical and cost outcomes to make healthier kidneys both attainable and sustainable,” said Christine Loftsgaarden, VP, Commercial Partnerships at Renalytix.