Some years ago, I had the opportunity to vacation in Glacier National Park, Montana with my son Owen.  It was an amazing trip and we were blessed with the chance to see several moose, a black bear, a grey wolf, and plenty of deer and other wildlife.  We biked the legendary Going-to-the-Sun road (I recommend this for everyone!) and spent a week surrounded by some of the most amazing natural beauty I have seen.  It was a great chance to recharge and reflect on many things.

We decided to spend a rainy afternoon rafting on the middle fork of the Flathead River (I figure rafting in the rain is a little like skiing in the snow – you’re going to get wet anyway).  Fair warning – the water is a chilling 38 degrees, fed exclusively by snow and glacier melt.  I recommend a wetsuit.

Near the end of trip, we passed under the original west entrance to Glacier National Park (now known as “Old Fenton Bridge”).

The guide explained that the wall surrounding the bridge did not survive the flood of 1964.  The river rose so high that it washed away hundreds of trees and the wall — the only concrete structure that survived was the arch underneath.  The guide’s comment, which struck me, was “just goes to show you the strength of the arch.”  I love this imagery and realize that in many ways the arch supports those that pass over it (or under it by way of the river) every day. 

In many ways, I see our role at Clear Arch Health like this – we provide the underlying technology to keep people safe every day. 

Clear:
This word represents our integrity in how we do business. We pride ourselves on being clear and transparent in all aspects of our interactions. Clear contracts. Clear pricing. Clear relationship management. We want to ensure that our business model and processes clearly convey how simple and easy it is to work with us.

Arch:
An arch symbolizes strength, connectivity, and a gateway.
1. Strength because our solutions empower better healthcare delivery so that providers can offer effective care to their patients while their patients strengthen their ability to care better for themselves.
2. Connectivity because an arch connects two points, just as we connect clinicians to their patients, and patients to their families and loved ones.
3. Gateway because Clear Arch Health is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution; a gateway to successfully managing health and enhancing personal well-being.

These are three things that we believe embody our solutions.
Shouldn’t we all strive to be as strong and as resilient as the arch?

About the Author:

Clear Arch Health Chief Technology Officer, Chris Otto, is a healthcare technology entrepreneur with over 20 years of professional experience in wireless body area networks (WBANs), technology management and new business development. Chris was lead inventor of (and helped to launch) the first automatic fall detection solution in the marketplace. Chris holds two degrees – a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering, both from the University of Alabama, Huntsville and has an impressive 12 patents in areas ranging from human fall detection, mobile emergency response, wireless body area networks, and remote device management, and is a formidable force in guiding and developing long-term healthcare and product roadmaps for MobileHelp/Clear Arch Health.


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