# PicnicHealth Launches Clinical Services as a New Core Capability, Including Clinical Care for Patients and Virtual Site Capabilities for Life Sciences Teams Sep 24, 2024 • 3 min read ‍ **SAN FRANCISCO, CA. – September 24, 2024 –** Today, PicnicHealth announces the launch of its Clinical Services, featuring a Virtual Clinic for patients and a Virtual Site for life sciences companies. These services, supported by a team of PicnicHealth’s in-house providers, enhance care management for patients and drive more efficient observational research for life sciences companies. This launch marks a major step in the company’s mission to simplify healthcare for everyone. ### PicnicHealth’s Virtual Clinic PicnicHealth’s Virtual Clinic offers patients access to their [Unified Patient Record](https://picnichealth.com/picnicai), allowing them to manage their health more effectively. Leveraging proprietary AI technology, PicnicHealth’s clinical care team reviews patient histories, identifies care gaps, and provides actionable insights. The Virtual Clinic also allows direct interaction with the clinical care team to discuss care recommendations and assist with follow-up. > “We’ve seen how difficult it is to manage complex care journeys, and designed the Virtual Clinic to simplify care through a combination of expert clinical guidance and technology,” says Dan Drozd, MD, Chief Medical Officer of PicnicHealth. “The Virtual Clinic offers a more cohesive and supportive care experience, ensuring no part of a patient’s care is overlooked.” ### PicnicHealth’s Virtual Site PicnicHealth’s Virtual Site enables life science companies to simplify observational research by unlocking a broader range of study designs with novel data collection methods. It expands upon the company’s status as an industry leader in medical record synthesis by capturing endpoints not documented during routine care. The Virtual Site is supported by a dedicated study team of in-house clinicians and principal investigators (PIs) who ensure proper study conduct. The Virtual Site drastically reduces the start-up burden of observational research, resulting in a simplified patient experience that improves retention and response rates, as well as faster data collection. It directly integrates into [PicnicHealth’s life science product](https://research.picnichealth.com/) to provide transparency on study progress. To learn more about PicnicHealth’s Virtual Clinic, visit [picnichealth.com/blogs/new-care-features](http://picnichealth.com/blogs/new-care-features). To learn more about PicnicHealth’s Virtual Sites, visit [picnichealth.com/blogs/picnichealth-virtual-site](http://picnichealth.com/blogs/picnichealth-virtual-site). ### About PicnicHealth PicnicHealth is a health technology company dedicated to simplifying healthcare for everyone. The company's direct-to-patient approach and innovative AI platform have allowed major life sciences companies to run more efficient research while giving patients access to their Unified Patient Record. PicnicHealth has been recognized as one of the World’s Best Digital Health Companies by Newsweek. For more information, visit [picnichealth.com](http://picnichealth.com/). # 1\. Provider assessments PicnicHealth’s providers can schedule virtual visits with study participants to conduct assessments required by the study protocol. These assessments help evaluate participants' symptoms and overall health. # 2\. Diagnostics The PicnicHealth care team can order specific diagnostic tests, such as labs or imaging, if they weren't part of the patient's routine care. This ensures that sponsors have all the necessary data to address their research questions. # 3\. Safety and adverse event reporting PicnicHealth’s clinical team can provide support to ensure appropriate safety reporting. # 4\. Primary Investigator (PI) oversight The PI of the PicnicHealth Virtual Site provides clinical oversight to ensure appropriate study conduct, including protocol compliance and accurate data collection. 25,966 patients onboarded to the platform. 1,427,368 medical visits processed. 56,861 facilities provided medical records. 255,101 healthcare providers. 95+ research programs. 12 published posters and manuscripts. 10 partnerships with top 30 pharma. ### New Research Discover how PicnicHealth data powered medical research in 2021. **Lupus Nephritis** New methods to improve the identification of lupus nephritis patients in RWD using narrative text extraction were presented at the **American College of Rheumatology Convergence** virtual conference.](https://go.pic.nc/q18) **Long-chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders** Ultragenyx and PicnicHealth presented preliminary data at the **International Network for Fatty Acid Oxidation Research and Management (INFORM) LC-FAOD conference**, showcasing the power of linking medical records to patient reported outcomes to better understand the complexities of LC-FAOD care.](https://informnetwork.org/inform-families/) **Hemophilia A** We joined Roche-Genentech and other key researchers to introduce a longitudinal, patient-centric Hemophilia A dataset at the **American Society of Hematology** annual meeting.](https://go.pic.nc/hemeASH594) **Hemophilia A** Also at **ASH 2021**, Roche-Genentech and our research partners presented new findings looking specifically at mild and moderate hemophilia A patients found in PicnicHealth’s data cohort.](https://go.pic.nc/hemeASH2107) ### Keeping Patients at the Center This year, experts from PicnicHealth joined podcasts and virtual summits to discuss the importance of patient-centric approaches in research.