Phas3 is pleased to announce that Joseph Craft, MD has joined its Advisory Board, effective immediately. Dr. Craft is a cardiologist at the Heart Health Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis. He is board certified in cardiology, internal medicine, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Craft has extensive cardiac rehabilitation experience as the previous medical director of both traditional and intensive programs. He will actively work with phas3 to develop its teleHeart home-based cardiac rehab platform and optimize its integration into the clinical workflow.

“We are excited to have Dr. Craft as a key advisor to our company."

“His deep operational knowledge and experience in cardiac rehab has already given us valuable insight into the entire process from referral of a patient by their cardiologist all the way to successful completion of a cardiac rehab program. He understands exactly where the system is broken today and how teleHeart can work with cardiac rehab providers to fix it.”

said Lucas Rydberg, CEO of phas3.

“There has never been a greater sense of urgency for providers to offer patients alternatives to traditional in-clinic treatment,”

said Dr. Craft.

“With steadily increasing financial pressure on healthcare organizations, and now the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, providers must explore new ways of delivering terrific care remotely supported by sustainable business models. I believe phas3 will dramatically improve cardiac rehab patient engagement through program completion, helping providers deliver higher quality heart care at lower cost.”

Dr. Craft is a long-time advocate of early stage healthcare technology and has been a clinical advisor to several companies. He has held leadership positions within the American Medical Association, the Missouri State Medical Association, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society. He has authored articles in physicians' journals and helped create resolutions at the state and national level advocating for policy and legislation on behalf of patients and physicians.

About phas3 health

phas3 is a St. Louis-based healthcare technology company that has developed a home-based alternative to in-person cardiac rehab. It supports all aspects of provider workflow from the referring cardiologist to supporting insurance reimbursement codes in the billing office. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic it also offers a new product called Cov-rd that helps employers screen their employees for symptoms of the virus before coming into their place of work. The company has several healthcare providers using its platforms today across the country.