Impathiq

Impathiq is a health-care technology company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded by professors at Wake Forest School of Medicine. The company's primary offering is a data informatics platform called IQ Engine, which enables hospitals and health systems to integrate new applications and programs into their electronic medical records (EMRs) in accordance with Fast healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) protocol. Impathiq's technology allows healthcare organizations to implement clinical pathways into EMR-integrated web applications, track health outcomes, ensure quality, and compile metrics for auditing purposes.

The company's flagship product is the Heart Pathway application, designed to help doctors quickly determine a patient's risk for cardiac episodes. Using a proprietary algorithm, the app guides doctors through a series of questions to calculate the level of cardiac risk, aiding in decisions about patient discharge, observation, or hospital admission. As of September 2017, the Heart Pathway app had been used to evaluate more than 15,000 patients, primarily at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and its associated hospitals. Clinical trials and studies have shown that the app doubled the number of patients discharged from emergency departments without stress testing, while ensuring no adverse events in the 30 days following discharge. This resulted in patients staying an average of 12 fewer hours in emergency departments.

Impathiq's technology has demonstrated significant cost-saving potential. Wake Forest Baptist reported over USD 2 million in cost savings from its use of Heart Pathway. Additionally, the company claimed to have saved hospitals over USD 3 million in the year following its launch. Beyond cardiac issues, Impathiq's technology has predictive capabilities for other conditions, such as sepsis.